G18

The G18 is a machine pistol featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Singleplayer
The G18 is the sidearm when using the Snowmobile in "Cliffhanger", or the Spec Ops missions, "Race" and "Time Trial". It can also be found in some of the levels such as "The Gulag" in the armory, "Takedown", "The Hornet's Nest," and "Loose Ends". It is also found in a large number of Special Ops missions. The G18 is also the player's starting secondary weapon at the beginning of "The Hornets Nest".

Multiplayer
The G18 is unlocked at Level 22 and has low damage, high recoil, a 33 round magazine, and the highest rate of fire of all the guns in the game. This high rate of fire makes Stopping Power of questionable use, because it only reduces the amount of bullets needed to kill by 1.

The G18 is best used at close range because of it's high recoil. It takes the same attachments as the other machine pistols. A silencer makes the G18 an effective stealth sidearm and eliminates the large muzzle flash which can block the players view. It is widely regarded that Akimbo is the best attachment for the G18, as even without Steady Aim, the crosshairs are one of the smallest of any Akimbo weapon, and the G18s high rate of fire makes this Akimbo pair devastating in close quarters, and even usable in medium ranges. The G18 is an excellent compliment for riot shields, as the high fire rate makes it deadly in close quarters, much like the default riot shield class which has the PP2000 akimbo.

The G18 is also arguably the most concealable of the Machine Pistols because it is the size of a pistol (eliminates PP2000 and TMP) and has no awkward stock that can ruin stealth like the M93 Raffica has. Its supreme Akimbo crosshairs also provide the best firepower available. However, its concealability is countered by the suppressor not diminishing much noise due to the high rate of fire, on top of that though you don't appear as a red dot on the minimap.

Weapon Attachments

 * Red Dot Sight
 * Silencer
 * FMJ
 * Akimbo
 * Holographic Sight
 * Extended Magazines

Trivia

 * The G18s have the second highest rate of fire of any portable gun in Call of Duty, bested only by the Russian PPSh-41.
 * On Infinity Ward's official website, the G18 was voted the favorite machine pistol in Modern Warfare 2.
 * In the campaign, some enemies fall into Last Stand with the pistol, but fire it semi-automatically. It changes to full auto once picked from the dead enemy.
 * All Task Force 141 soldiers use the G18 as a sidearm, explaining why Roach has one in Cliffhanger's snowmobile escape and why he had one as a secondary weapon during "The Hornet's Nest".
 * The G18 is the pistol shown in the Last Stand perk icon, but it cannot be used while in Last Stand.
 * The serial number on the G18 is 2558914.
 * The G18 has a different recoil pattern in single-player and Special Ops than in multiplayer.
 * On the left side of the slide, it reads "Gluke T0319 Pistol", and above that "Austria". It is the same on the right side, but the text is backwards.
 * In First person, the gun is held one handed. In third person, it is held with both hands.
 * When fired from the snowmobile, the G18 seems to have a lowered fire rate. This also happens to the Mini-Uzi on the singleplayer mission "Endgame".
 * When the player changes their 1st tier Perk from One Man Army to something different, the G18 is the default secondary.
 * While not usable in Last Stand in Multiplayer, it can be used in Last Stand in Spec Ops if the player is wielding it, otherwise, it will be the the standard M9.
 * The way the character holds the G18 on a snowmobile and the achievement/trophy, Drive-by, may refer to gangsters in movies.
 * The Makarov and ASP are held in the same manner as the G18.

Video
400pxGameplay with the G18