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The SIG SG550 Sniper or Krieg 550 Commando in game is an automatic sniper rifle in Counter-Strike series and Counter-Strike Online.
Overview
The SG550 is a sniper rifle chambered with 30 rounds of 5.56 NATO. It has good penetration power and suitable for assault purpose instead of sniping.
Advantages
- High magazine size for a sniper rifle
- Accurate even without scoping before several shots
- Universal caliber
- Usable scope for long range engagement
- Low recoil
- High rate of fire
Disadvantages
- Heavy weight
- Not accurate when shotting without scope after several shots
- Low knockback against zombies
- Purchasable only for Counter-Terrorists
Events
Singapore/Malaysia
- March 21 ~ April 4, 2012
The players can obtain this weapon for 3 days by killing 1000 Vanguard troops in Human Scenario.
Tactics using the SG550
Normal matches
- The first shot is never accurate. Fire continuously to achieve good accuracy.
- Stay stationary. Moving a little will affect the scope's performance.
- Just fire without scope to engage close enemies.
Zombie Mods
- Camp in closed areas such as in vents to achieve the maximum performance.
- A 30 round SG550 can deal around 1830 ~ 3660 damage. Feel free to kill a zombie that has 3500 HP or less.
Zombie Scenario
- If the starting money is $7500, the player can purchase SG550 with cost $4200 and $1200 for 600 rounds of reserved bullets, giving the balance of $2100.
- SG550 is recommended for survival-type map.
Tactics facing a SG550 user
- Jump to avoid being hit.
- The SG550 never accurate for the first shot. Use this advantage to kill the user quickly.
Users
Gallery
View model
World model
Shop model
Shoot and reload
Head-up display (HUD) icon
A Thunder Squad operative carrying an SG550
In-game screenshot
Obtained permanently from CodeBox
Fire sound
Reload sound
Comparison to G3
Positive
- Cheaper (-$800)
- Larger clip size (+10)
- Lower recoil (-8%)
- More accurate (+7%)
Neutral
- Same rate of fire (83%)
- Same speed reduction (18%)
Negative
- Lower base damage (-9)
- Longer reload time (+0.3 seconds)
Trivia
- In CSO Indonesia , the SG 550's early shop price was 20.000 points, but later increased to 34.000 points.
- Mostly used by hackers (especially wallers) and newbies in all regions because of easy use and good damage. The same also happens with its Terrorist counterpart.
- This weapon can be obtained permanently from Code Box in Taiwan/HongKong region.
External links
- SIG SG 550 Sniper at Wikipedia.