Acronym for 'Arctic Warfare Police' (Sniper Rifle).
Sniper Rifle by Accuracy
International.
Previously known as the L96A1.
In service since 1982.
An overrated and overpowered sniper rifle from CS:GO. It's a one-shot kill anywhere above the legs and it's often used by whinny kids that want to show everyone that they're pros at the game, even though most of the time they're in fucking Silver (myself included). If you wanna show 'em that so fucking GUD, use the Scout. It's got faster firerate and movement speed and it's a one-shot kill to the head only, so it requires more skill. I'm not saying that the AWP is the easiest gun to use, considering the fact that it has a very slow firerate and movement speed (although it's higher than the Negev's), but since it's a one-shot kill gun, it isn't that hard to use it either.
One of the AWP's first appearances in
video games was in
the original 'Counter Strike'.