AWM-S

The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Covert or AWC, known in-game as the AWM-S (which is actually a different rifle from the Arctic Warfare line), is a sniper rifle that was released in the update 0.5.0 "Air Drop It Like It's Hot". It is one of the rarest weapons in the game along with the M249 and 15x Scope.

Info
The rifle uses the .308 Subsonic ammunition type, and is the only weapon in the game to do so. It does 180 damage per shot. The only way to get the AWM-S is from Golden Airdrops. It has many similarities with the SV-98 with the slow fire rate, both being sniper rifles, and the high damage. It is one of only three bolt action rifles in the game, the other two being the Mosin-Nagant and the SV-98.

This weapon has low bullet velocity for a sniper rifle, making it harder to aim at moving targets.

Tips

 * The AWM-S boasts the highest damage per bullet in the game, beating out even shotguns. This makes it extremely useful in close quarters; a shot from the AWM-S is the fastest way to kill lightly to medium armored players.
 * Despite being a sniper rifle, the AWM-S is not useful over extremely long distances; its bullets are slower than those of the other sniper rifles and it has an extremely limited supply of ammunition.
 * Using the AWM-S when it has little ammo remaining is dangerous, as the player may run out of ammo in a fight. Be ready to loot another gun if this happens.
 * Like any sniper, when shot, they players movement speed will decrease for a small amount of time, prevent this by switching to another weapon and return to the sniper.Screen Shot 2018-12-05 at 9.22.12 AM.png

Sounds
Firing

Reloading

Swapping To

Cycling

Trivia

 * Despite using "subsonic" ammunition, the AWM-S has a higher bullet velocity than most weapons in the game, even though those weapons use supersonic ammunition.
 * Previously, the AWM-S dealt 200 Damage with 300 Damage Headshots. Now, it deals 180 Damage, and headshots does no extra damage.
 * It's the first suppressed weapon added to surviv.io. Another came shortly after, in the river update. (M4A1-S)
 * The AWM-S had a temporary nerf to the ammunition capacity to give it only 1 round instead of 5. It was changed later back to 5, but with an increased reload time.
 * The "AWM-S" in-game is really an AWC (Arctic Warfare Covert), not an Arctic Warfare Magnum. The AWC is an integrally suppressed version of the AW. This has been confirmed by Justin, a developer and is further confirmed by the weapon's ID, which is also called the "awc".
 * Furthermore, the real-life AWM uses either the .300 Winchester Magnum or .338 Lapua Magnum, while the AWC fires 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester) ammunition. This would actually make the weapon's ammunition type correct, while the name of the weapon remains incorrect.
 * As the AWC uses 7.62 NATO, it should actually have a capacity of 10 rounds instead of 5.
 * The sprite for the AWM-S has no sights, meaning that in reality, it would be very difficult for a player without a scope to aim the weapon.
 * A Youtuber Duckio stated that the AWM-S can penetrate through the Pan. However this was proven false.