Silenced Submachine Gun

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

- Ellis

The Silenced Submachine Gun is a Submachine gun variant in Left 4 Dead 2. It holds 50 rounds with 650 in reserve, although it tends to burn through ammunition quickly due to its high rate of fire. The Silenced Submachine Gun has greater stopping power than that of the Submachine Gun, although it is also less accurate at longer range. However, it's still a good weapon for taking down Infected at a moderate distance.

Differences
The Silenced Submachine Gun fires at the same rate as the normal Submachine Gun, and has the same ammo count and penetration. However, the Silenced Submachine Gun is less accurate, and does 25 damage per shot as opposed to 20, making it a closer range weapon than the Submachine Gun. Its silence appeares to have no effect on gameplay.

Tactics

 * Like the Submachine Gun, it's very easy to burn through ammunition quickly, even with the larger ammunition reserve. Fire in bursts to conserve ammo; it only takes two shots to kill a Common Infected on Normal.
 * The Silenced SMG has lower accuracy than the Submachine Gun. Be sure to crouch for medium-ranged shots to avoid wasting bullets, and try to avoid shooting long range targets unless absolutely necessary.
 * When faced with an oncoming horde, the Silenced SMG's lower accuracy doesn't hurt as much, allowing you to easily tear through the horde.

Trivia

 * It is modeled after the MAC-10 with a suppressor attached.
 * With most of the guns in Left 4 Dead, the flashlight is attached to the gun as standard. This gun, however, has the flashlight attached to the suppressor instead with cable ties.
 * In real life, the MAC-10 is a machine pistol, not a submachine gun.
 * In real life, the fabric strap that hangs down from the front of the weapon was added to give a shooter something to hold on to when firing to control recoil, due to the gun's short length. The suppressor serves the same purpose when it is attached.
 * In the game, the suppressor supposedly decreases accuracy. In reality, suppressors are used to improve accuracy to an extent.