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The Walther WA2000 Sniper (also known as the W2000 Sniper, and in HITMAN™ as the Sieger 300) is a sniper rifle and Agent 47's sniper rifle of choice. Although proficient with other rifles, Agent 47 usually utilises the WA2000 as his main rifle. It, or similar rifles of appearance have featured in all games of the series, as well as both films.
In real life, the WA2000 is a very rare rifle, of which only 176 were made. A special weapon for a distinct professional.
Hitman: Codename 47[]
In Hitman: Codename 47, the W2000 holds a 6-round magazine, and while it featured widely in promotional material and on the main menu, it only appears towards the end of the game. It can be purchased on one level and found on two. It is named the WA2000 in this game.
Appearances[]
- Gunrunner's Paradise - Can be purchased from the Laptop, costs $9,000.
- Plutonium Runs Loose - Can be found and picked up in the weapons cache.
- The Setup - Can be found in a room across from Dr. Kovacs's office.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin[]
In Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, the W2000 can only carry one bullet at a time (although there is a short magazine shown, probably due to ingame limitations) and has a very slow reload rate. Despite that, it typically kills NPCs with a single shot. Another drawback being that the stock variant of the rifle is un-suppressed. Due to this, it can be considered one of the worst rifles in the entire game.
Appearances[]
- Invitation to a Party - On the balcony of the embassy
- St. Petersburg Revisited - Found being used by Agent 17.
W2000 Custom Rifle[]
The W2000 Custom Sniper is a special sniper rifle found in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Not to be confused with the customisable variant in Hitman: Blood Money.
In appearance, it is the same as the W2000, except that it has a black sleek design with a wood trim, has a large scope capable of high zoom and precision and a laser sight under a sound suppressor. Unlike the regular W2000, the bipod is no longer present, and it has a magazine capacity of ten rounds.
Despite being equipped with a suppressor, the noise it makes can be heard at a considerable radius. But it is still a very useful rifle, probably second to the M195.
Appearances[]
- Hidden Valley - Used by the Snipers.
- At the Gates - Same as above.
- Redemption at Gontranno - Found on some of Zavorotko's Bodyguards, on the balcony inside the church.
Hitman: Contracts[]
In Hitman: Contracts, the W2000 holds only a 6-round magazine, a strong scope, fast rate of fire, and a silencer. It mostly comes in a concealed briefcase, but it isn't protected from metal detectors.
Appearances[]
- Main Menu - 47 sits on a chair wielding a WA2000 in the main menu of Contracts.[1]
- Traditions of the Trade - The player starts with the rifle*.
- Slaying a Dragon - Same as above.
- The Wang Fou Incident - Found in the Guards' Quarters, on the floor near one of Lee Hong's safes.
- The Seafood Massacre - The player starts with it.
- The Lee Hong Assassination - Found in a weapons depot.
- Hunter and Hunted - In the closet in Agent 47's hotel room.
- Training Area - Unlocks after completing Traditions of the Trade.
*If the player replays a level that gives the player the WA2000 in Contracts without having it equipped, it will spawn anyway. (If the player has a two handed weapon such as an Spas-12 instead selected, the rifle briefcase will still spawn on the ground near 47.)
Hitman: Blood Money[]
The W2000 can be customized with several upgrades in Hitman: Blood Money, making it, along with the Silverballers, one of the two most useful weapons in the game. The upgrades can be purchased at the start of each level; these upgrades include scopes and sound suppressors. For a full list of upgrades, see W2000 Sniper upgrades.
With these upgrades, the W2000 is without doubt the best weapon for snipers. There is no delay between shots (unless the bolt action upgrade is installed), which makes it semi-automatic. With the W2000 concealed, at the price of a disassembled rifle, it's excellent for infiltration. Even without upgrades, the W2000 is the most accurate weapon in-game. While the game has no hold breath feature, all sniper rifles in game will "shake" when zoomed in. The lightweight frame upgrade can solve this problem for the W2000, however.
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- The player automatically owns it after the completion of the tutorial mission, after which it can be brought to every mission except the final one. It can be used for practice in the Hideout.
HITMAN™[]
The rifle makes a return in the episodic HITMAN™, as the Sieger 300. It becomes available to be smuggled into a location after completing Mastery Level 20 of the mission Situs Inversus. It comes with a suppressor and a 3x magnification scope, making it the only sniper rifle in the game to have both a variable zoom scope and a suppressor. It has numerous variants.
The advanced variant.
Details[]
When Agent 47 needs to reach out and touch someone with direct precision, this rifle in most cases is his personal choice. The handgrip and trigger pull fits his style of shooting. Sniping is an extremely important aspect in the art of assassination. The main reason being that a target can be silenced from a distance. This eliminates the troubles of infiltrating a highly secured area and running the risk of blowing your cover. A common issue with mastery over this art is the steadying of the hands. In most cases, even a well-established hitman like Agent 47 can't keep the crosshairs dead still. To reduce this major problem, Mr. 47 has used methods such as reducing movement of the rifle while aiming, but the most helpful is to crouch while aiming if possible. This greatly aides in steadying your aim in preparation for a clean head shot and silent assassination.
Unlike in the game, the WA2000 cannot be easily disassembled and needs special workshop tools.[2]
Sniping can also be utilized to trim the numbers of security patrols in an area, but Mr. 47 is known to try and keep the casualties limited to those only marked by the contract. Such a tactic, due to the stealth it provides, should never be overlooked. Mr. 47 has stated a few useful tactics for preparation, if you have doubts about your particular sniper's perch, make sure no one can see you from any direction. Steady your aim and try to center the crosshairs so that when it moves to its highest point it is directly on the targets thinking cap. Then focus and squeeze. After the clean hit, cautiously depart the area. Congratulations! You now can consider yourself a professional hitman.
Upgrades[]
- Main article(s): W2000 Sniper/Upgrades
In Hitman: Blood Money, the W2000 Sniper is one of the five customizable weapons. The upgrades range from doubling the magazine capacity, reducing the noise, and to enhancing the precision.
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Trivia[]
General
- In real life, the WA2000 possesses several unique characteristics; it requires constant maintenance to retain its phenomenal accuracy, uses a bullpup design and requires much fine-tuning, and it was designed for police and law enforcement, very much like the PSG-1. Both are very expensive: the PSG-1 costs $15,000, the WA2000 costs more, around $40,000 - $75,000 per unit. Also, only 176 were ever made before their production was halted, leading to their extreme rarity and high cost. These traits combine to make the WA2000 a perfect signature weapon for 47, a rare and precise killer.
- If 47 unpacks the rifle in tight quarters like an elevator shaft or water, it is possible that the assembly animation will be skipped altogether, which saves you a few important seconds.
- The WA2000 is available in .300 Winchester Magnum, 7.5x55mm Swiss and 7.62x51mm NATO. The in-game variant uses the latter; the W2000 in game is the "2nd Generation" of Walther WA2000, improved to use these calibers.
- The first popular appearance of the Walther WA2000 was in the Bond movie The Living Daylights in 1987. It remained the rifle's most prominent appearance up to Hitman: Codename 47 in 2000.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
- Although a bipod is present on the W2000 Sniper in Silent Assassin, it cannot be used.
Hitman: Blood Money
- In Blood Money, like all custom weapons with their standard counterparts, the WA2000 does not share sniper ammo with other sniper rifles.
- Note that assembly of the weapon will take a few seconds to complete, and the rifle briefcase is only non-detectable by metal detectors (requires upgrade to be non-detectable by X-ray machines), not personnel. The guards will take your briefcase to the security quarters if they spot it, whether it is empty or not.