Machete

The Machete is a new close combat weapon introduced in Left 4 Dead 2.

The machete appears to be one of the rarer melee weapons in the game. It has an average swing speed, and an extremely powerful punch; it will dismember any Common Infected it connects with, and deals severe and usually fatal damage to lighter Special Infected. On the minus side the machete has a fairly small radius of effect, and will usually only connect with one Infected at a time. As a cutting weapon, it will also cause your screen to cloud with blood following repeated use.

Trivia

 * The weapon could be a reference to the movie 28 Days Later, in which the main female character Selena wields a machete. It could also be a reference to Jason Voorhees from the Friday The 13th series, who is most commonly seen wielding a machete.
 * On the movie poster for "Dead Center," Coach is wielding a machete.
 * Even though this is a long, bladed weapon that is more than capable of decapitation, you cannot decapitate a Witch with this weapon; only the Axe and Katana are capable of doing so.
 * Survivors bring their other hand up whilst holding the machete in the same way the Sniper from Team Fortress 2 does with his Kukri.

Exernal Links
Machete gameplay