Combat Knife
Production information
Affiliation	Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
Type	Military combat knife
Technical specifications
Damage	10
Operation	Handheld
Rate of Fire	120 swings per minute (target missed) 240 swings per minute (target hit)
Range	Dependent upon user's length of reach
Usage
Used by	Human Sergeant (textures only) (cut) Adrian Shephard
Counterpart(s)	Other melee weapons
Game information
Entity / spawn codes	weapon_knife

 

The Combat Knife is a melee weapon featured in Half-Life: Opposing Force and used by Adrian Shephard. It can be found plunged into the back of a dead Vortigaunt in a cave, and later in an office before reaching the Lambda Complex. Its appearance is similar to that of the classic KA-BAR knife and OCK-3S bayonet.

OverviewEdit

A step up from the Pipe Wrench, the knife does less damage per hit and has no secondary attack, but has a considerably faster rate of attack. The knife is best used for conserving ammo while fighting weaker enemies and breaking open supply crates.

Its speed is identical to the crowbar, but it deals twice as much damage, and can sometimes instantly kill humans from behind and instantly kill Headcrabs when they attack.

Behind the scenesEdit

• A combat knife can also be seen attached on the Human Sergeant's belt, although it is only part of his textures.

TriviaEdit

• In Counter-Strike, each player starts with a combat knife.

• In the German version of Left 4 Dead 2, a few Counter-Strike weapons, including the Combat Knife, are featured.

GalleryEdit

HUD icon.

Worldmodel.

Viewmodel.

Hi-res version of the Human Sergeant pants texture featuring a combat knife, from the Half-Life SDK files.

List of appearancesEdit

• Half-Life (First appearance) (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
• Half-Life SDK (Non-canonical appearance)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force