Silenced Submachine Gun

"I guess it'll do. Yeah, whatever, it's a machine gun."

- Ellis

"This shit will even up the score."

- Nick

The Silenced Submachine Gun is a Submachine Gun variant in Left 4 Dead 2. It holds 50 rounds with 650 in reserve, although it burns through ammunition quickly due to its high rate of fire. The Silenced Submachine Gun has greater stopping power than the normal Submachine Gun, but has lower accuracy and higher kickback that makes it a poor weapon for long distance shots.

Tactics

 * Fire in short bursts to conserve ammunition, as it's easy to burn through your ammunition quickly.
 * The lower accuracy of the Silenced Submachine Gun requires players to crouch to get any shots at medium range. Avoid shooting long-distance targets, as Survivors may waste a large amount of bullets attempting to shoot their target.
 * The Silenced Submachine Gun tears through Hordes efficiently, as the lowered accuracy doesn't hurt as much.
 * A Magnum works well with a Silenced Submachine Gun, giving you a useful long range secondary weapon to pick off Special Infected with, although you can pick up a melee weapon to save ammunition as well.
 * The Laser Sight helps the Silenced Submachine Gun significantly, allowing it to pull off longer distance shots much more easily and take out Special Infected with greater precision.
 * Incendiary ammunition and Explosive ammunition do not benefit the Silenced Submachine Gun as much as they do the normal Submachine Gun, as the Silenced Submachine Gun's lower accuracy makes it more difficult to get the most out of the upgrade magazines.
 * The silencer on the Silenced Submachine Gun seems to have no gameplay effect regarding Common Infected awareness of Survivors wielding this gun. Generally, the flashlight will alert Common Infected of Survivor presence anyway, so don't rely on the gun for stealthing purposes.

Pros

 * Stronger than the regular Submachine Gun.
 * Though it may not have as large a range as its counterpart, it still has decent accuracy at a distance.
 * Fast rate of fire allows it to rip up Hordes and Special Infected that are close.
 * If using burst fire, it isn't too hard to conserve the amount of ammo due to the high ammunition capacity.
 * Using the Laser Sight on the Silenced Submachine Gun helps a lot with accuracy.
 * One of the most common starting weapons in the game.

Cons

 * Accuracy is noticeably lower than the Submachine Gun at long range.
 * While doing higher damage than the regular Submachine Gun, it still has a fairly low damage output per shot.
 * Using full auto shooting with no trigger discipline will leave you out of ammo in seconds.
 * It needs to reload often if you don't use burst fire.