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{{Quotation|'''Giger Counter''' publicity blurb|Analyzes and slightly irradiates your enemies!}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Giger Counter''' publicity blurb|Analyzes and slightly irradiates your enemies!}}
  
The '''Giger Counter''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Weapons#engiesecondary|secondary weapon]] for the [[Engineer]]. It's a device based on the [https://avp.wikia.com/wiki/M314_Motion_Tracker M314 Motion Tracker] from the 1986 film ''[[W:Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''. It has a joystick attached to the top of the handle and emits a team-colored light that [[Self-illumination|glows in the dark]].
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The '''Giger Counter''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Weapons#engiesecondary|secondary weapon]] for the [[Engineer]]. It is a device made of dark grey and black metal that emits a team-colored [[Self-illumination|light]], which features a black grip with a joystick on top, two team-colored buttons (one on the back of the grip and one on the top of the joystick), a radar screen on the right side connected via a team-colored cable to the left side, and warning stripes on the front.
  
 
This weapon functions identically to the [[Wrangler]].
 
This weapon functions identically to the [[Wrangler]].
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* This item is based on the [[wikia:w:c:avp:M314 Motion Tracker|M314 Motion Tracker]] from the 1986 film ''[[W:Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''.
 
* This item's name is a portmanteau of "[[W:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]]", an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation, and [[W:H. R. Giger|H. R. Giger]], a surrealist artist who heavily influenced science fiction art and designed the Alien creature, among other things.
 
* This item's name is a portmanteau of "[[W:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]]", an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation, and [[W:H. R. Giger|H. R. Giger]], a surrealist artist who heavily influenced science fiction art and designed the Alien creature, among other things.
  
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File:Giger Counter 1st person BLU.png|BLU first-person view.
 
File:Giger Counter 1st person BLU.png|BLU first-person view.
 
File:Steamworkshop tf2 giger counter import thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Giger Counter.
 
File:Steamworkshop tf2 giger counter import thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Giger Counter.
File:motion tracker replica 2.jpg|A replica of the [https://avp.wikia.com/wiki/M314_Motion_Tracker M314 Motion Tracker] used in the movie ''Aliens''.
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File:motion tracker replica 2.jpg|A replica of the [[wikia:w:c:avp:M314 Motion Tracker|M314 Motion Tracker]] used in the movie ''Aliens''.
 
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Revision as of 16:38, 26 July 2022

Analyzes and slightly irradiates your enemies!
Giger Counter publicity blurb

The Giger Counter is a community-created secondary weapon for the Engineer. It is a device made of dark grey and black metal that emits a team-colored light, which features a black grip with a joystick on top, two team-colored buttons (one on the back of the grip and one on the top of the joystick), a radar screen on the right side connected via a team-colored cable to the left side, and warning stripes on the front.

This weapon functions identically to the Wrangler.

The Giger Counter was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Demonstration

Strange variant


Related achievements

Leaderboard class engineer.png Engineer

Breaking Morant
Breaking Morant
Kill 10 Snipers with a sentry gun under the control of your Wrangler.


Building Block
Building Block
Have a sentry shielded by the Wrangler absorb 500 damage without being destroyed.


Patent Protection
Patent Protection
Destroy an enemy Engineer's sentry gun with a sentry under control of your Wrangler.
Pownd on the Range
Pownd on the Range
Kill 10 enemies outside the normal sentry gun range using the Wrangler.


Rio Grind
Rio Grind
Perform 50 repairs and/or reloads on a Sentry gun being Wrangled by another Engineer.


Search Engine
Search Engine
Kill 3 cloaked Spies with a sentry gun under control of your Wrangler.

Update history

October 6, 2015 Patch (Invasion Community Update)

  • The Giger Counter was added to the game.

October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)

  • Added inspect animations for the Giger Counter.

Bugs

  • The Giger Counter lacks the description "Team Colored Weapon", and their BLU team variants cannot be viewed in the backpack unless playing on BLU team.
  • The joystick does not move when using the weapon.

Trivia

  • This item is based on the M314 Motion Tracker from the 1986 film Aliens.
  • This item's name is a portmanteau of "Geiger counter", an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation, and H. R. Giger, a surrealist artist who heavily influenced science fiction art and designed the Alien creature, among other things.

Gallery

See also