PSG1

The PSG1 is a semi-automatic sniper rifle featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Overview
The PSG1 is a "Classified" weapon, unlocked after the WA2000 and L96A1 are bought. This classification makes it less common than the other sniper rifles.

Campaign
In campaign PSG1 can be found only in mission "Numbers" in one of the arsenals.

Multiplayer
The PSG1 has high recoil, a small magazine and longer than average reload and firecap as the Dragunov and WA2000. Some of these flaws can be mitigated by attaching Extended Mags and using Sleight of Hand. The PSG1's redeeming value is the fastest scope reset speed, or center speed, of any sniper rifle, and that it will kill with one shot to the stomach if no attachment is used - something the other rifles cannot do (except for the L96A1). Another factor that may prove useful is that the recoil always kicks in one direction, just like the Barrett .50cal, unlike the other semi-automatic sniper rifles which have a more unpredictable recoil. It uses a cross-hair reticle with thicker cross-hairs than on the other rifles.

Attachments
When an attachment is used with the PSG1, it will lose its one-hit-kill ability to the stomach, and in the case of the silencer, only kill in one shot to the head. In Hardcore game modes, the PSG1 will kill in one hit regardless of what attachments are used, like any other sniper rifle.


 * Variable Zoom
 * Extended Mag
 * ACOG Scope
 * Suppressor
 * Infrared Scope

Trivia

 * The PSG1 has a 1.1x multiplier to the stomach, a multiplier that causes almost no effect on performance in public matches, as there is no Stopping Power. However the recent Patch 1.04 has increased the multiplier to the stomach, now allowing for one shot kills to that area unlike previously; this only applies to a PSG1 with no attachments.
 * This weapon is not available in Zombie mode.
 * When using the Variable Zoom attachmentthumb|300px|right|Attachment Overview, no matter what magnification being used, the cross-hairs will always say the scope is at 12 times magnification.
 * The cross-hairs will say 12 times magnification with the regular scope attached.
 * When picked up, the user will turn off the safety.
 * Like the Dragunov and L96A1, the scope can glitch to look like the other scopes.
 * There are many variants of the G3 automatic rifle in Call of Duty: Black Ops, including the HK21 and PSG1 (which share a common stock). Hence, it looks very similar to the G3 from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and even has a fairly similar reload.
 * Similar to many weapons, the HUD icon of the PSG1 shows it with extended mags.

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