IMI Desert Eagle

"This 7-rounds .50AE cartridge pistol has the highest penetration power among pistols."

- Official description Desert Eagle .50 AE or Night Hawk .50C is a high caliber pistol chambered with 7 rounds of .50AE pistol cartridge in Counter-Strike series and Counter-Strike Online. It is one of the most famous weapon in Counter-Strike history.

Overview
The Desert Eagle is the strongest pistol in the game, aside from the flintlock. Although it has low magazine size and low fire rate, it does higher damage than almost any other pistols and has good accuracy for first few shots. Thus, its reload time is very short.

Advantages

 * High damage
 * Cheap price ($650)
 * Short reload time
 * Good accuracy even in long range for the first few shots
 * Does not affect speed
 * Can penetrate object

Disadvantages

 * Low magazine capacity
 * Low fire rate
 * Low reserve ammunition

Normal matches

 * Aim for the head, to get an instant kill.
 * Avoid long range battles, as it is inaccurate.
 * Avoid battling multiple targets, as you will run out of ammunition and be forced to reload.

Zombie Mods

 * Conserve ammunition, fire at the zombies one by one; with fire delay of nearly one second; depends on situation.
 * Aim for zombie's head to do a massive damage.
 * In ducts, soften zombie with Desert Eagle first before end it with your primary weapons.

Normal matches

 * Strike the user in long range.
 * Flank the user in groups.

Zombie Mods

 * Dodge the attack and wait the chance for the user to reload.

Dual Desert Eagles
Dual Desert Eagles are the akimbo version of the original Desert Eagle. They are exclusive to Zombie: The Mutation and Zombie: The Hero. It deals higher damage and knockback to zombies. Thus, it has 28 clip size, 4 times more if compared to original Desert Eagle. Dual Desert Eagles are only available in supply boxes.

Desert Eagle Gold
Desert Eagle Gold can be obtained through Code Box. It shares the same performance to the original Desert Eagle except the appearance and the animation. It has a higher knockback to zombies.

Desert Eagle Red Edition
This red-colored version of Desert Eagle can be obtained by participating official internet cafe event in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. The damage is higher by 1% than the original.

Users
Counter-Terrorist:
 * Spain.png : Used by Fernando (Dual Wielded).

Terrorist:
 * Elite Crew: Seen holding by a member in some posters
 * Midwest Militia: Used by Jennifer
 * Asia Red Army: Ritsuka's personal sidearm
 * David Black: As his personal sidearm
 * Yuri: Seen used by Yuri in a poster

Gallery
Firing sound

Reload sound

Trivia

 * The Desert Eagle is a high caliber pistol. It is not suitable to use as a sidearm in special operations in real life due to its high recoil, heavy weight, low capacity and loud firing sound.
 * The Magnum Research trademark can be seen on the weapon's slide.
 * There are 6 different cartridge in this weapon.

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