M134 Minigun

"Fire away."

- Official description The M134 Minigun ( Wikipedia  is a heavy machine gun in Counter-Strike Online.

Overview
The M134 is an ultimate weapon that has high rate of fire and firepower. However, it is very heavy and has attack delay to open fire.

Advantages

 * Very high damage
 * Very high rate of fire
 * High magazine capacity. (200)
 * Purchasable for both Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists
 * Low recoil

Disadvantages

 * Very heavy. When wielded, can only walk while reloading, the player can only move similar to the speed of crouching.
 * Need 1.5 seconds to open fire
 * Very expensive. ($7000)
 * Low accuracy in long range
 * Long reload time (5.0 seconds)

Normal matches

 * Use it as a powerful wall penetration weapon. Aim for sites that usually the enemies will come out.

Zombie Mods

 * Use it in closed area such as in vents.
 * Avoid wandering around with M134.
 * 200 rounds of M134 can deal 6600 ~ 13200 damage to zombies. Able to kill a normal zombie as the maximum health for a normal zombie is 5000. It can almost kill an evolved host zombie which has 14000HP.
 * Use Dead Run ability to use run-and-hit tactic.
 * Keep on left click half way(don't open fire) to prepare yourself when zombie's are coming when in the ducts.

Zombie Scenario
If the starting money is $7500, the player will spend $7000 for M134 and $1200 for the bullets. It is over budget but the player can kill the zombies with ease when using this weapon.

Variants

 * M134 Christmas - Can be buy during Christmas event only.
 * M134 Predator - Secondary fire has the ability to roll as shoot stand by action. It is 3% lighter than the original weapon but it is less accurate by 4%.

'Japan

 * May 23, 2012

M134 Minigun was resold for upgrade event.

Singapore/Malaysia

 * 19 May 2011

M134 Minigun is released alongside with Zombie: The Mutation.


 * 7 ~ 20 December 2011

This machine gun is resold for permanent with 40% discount.


 * 21 December 2011 ~ 4 January 2012

M134 Christmas Edition is sold for permanent only.

Indonesia

 * 28 March ~ 11 April 2012

Collect 3000 kill points with M134 Minigun and receive M134 Predator Edition. This task is counted only in room with 4 players and more, and kill points are counted as follows:
 * 1 kill point: Eliminate 1 bot in any modes or eliminate 1 zombie in Zombie Scenario.
 * 5 kill points: Eliminate 1 player in Original / Deathmatch / Team Deathmatch / Zombie: The Union.
 * 15 kill points: Eliminate 1 zombie in Zombie: The Original / Zombie: The Mutation / Zombie: The Hero.

For More Information:

http://cso.megaxus.com/v1/news/2012/03/12/cso-ingame-event---28-maret-2012

Users
Terrorist:
 * Guerrilla Warfare: Seen carried by a guerrilla member in the zombie union poster.
 * Midwest Militia
 * David Black: Used for engaged zombies in Lost City.
 * Ritsuka: Ditto.

Human Scenario:
 * Titan: Heavily-armored soldier equipped with M134 Minigun and Smoke Grenade.
 * Heavy Titan: Mini-boss in Human Scenario.

Metal Arena:
 * Tanker

Positive

 * Higher damage (+3)
 * Lower recoil (-18%)
 * High fire rate (+9%)
 * More stable than MG3 when full auto firing.

Neutral

 * Same magazine capacity (200)
 * Share the same ammunition type (7.62 NATO)

Negative

 * More expensive (+$1250)
 * Less accurate (-19%)
 * Heavier (+25%)
 * Longer reload time (+0.3 seconds)
 * Cannot fire instantly (must spin the barrel before shooting or standing-by for M134EX)

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Firing sound

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Trivia

 * The M134 in real life cannot carry by a individual soldier. It is usually mounted onto vehicles and helicopters.
 * M134 cannot be fired when pressing the walk button (Shift)
 * When run out of ammo, if the player switch to pistol and the M134 again, it will not auto-reload. This can be fixed by pressing the fire button or reload button.
 * Although at M134's HUD shows it uses 7.62 NATO but when the player buys the ammunition, the HUD shows that the player bought 5.56 NATO.
 * In Greek mythology, 'Vulcan' (aka M134 Minigun) is the god of beneficial and hindering fire.