"They say the best defense is a good offense...

... but they never said you couldn't have both."


A remastering of an old Heavy weapon of mine by the same name. It's been ages since I've made a TF2 item, and I've learned and improved a lot since then.

The major difference between this version and the old one is the use of actual reference material. Everything on the model is inspired by real world objects, rather than just some hodgepodge of random meshes. The shields are the tread covers off a Soviet tank (T54-2). The gas can was thrown out for a British Spitfire fuel tank. The motor, spoiler, and handlebar were taken from a 1940s Soviet motorcycle. Basically, stuff the Heavy might find in a junkyard while building his new gun.

The sickles were dropped from this version. I simply found them too ugly and impractical.

Decals have been carried over from the previous version and improved.

You can't see it in the promotional material, but the flywheel on the back of the motorcycle engine and the main drum spin together, and the drive belt actually moves with them using an animated texture.

I didn't bother making a video. After looking at previous videos on my workshop, only a insanely tiny fraction of people actually watch them. I saw no point in putting one together.

Finally, I've dropped the hypothetical stats off this weapon. Feel free to make up whatever stats you want.

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Old Version: https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=376162264