L'Etranger

L'Etranger
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Basic Information
Used by:	Spy
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	"Chemical Alia" Hamm Template:Dictionary/steam ids/143017137
Released:	Mann-Conomy Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Uncrate(#2), Uncrate(#14), Purchase
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	6
Ammo carried:	24
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
L'Etranger 1 - 100 +15% cloak on hit -20% damage done

“

Our influence grows! Click to listen — The Spy on the Saharan culture

”

L'Etranger (pronounced /le.tʁɑ̃.ʒe/) is a primary weapon for the Spy. It is a stylish narrow-barreled revolver with an ivory handle design.

This weapon deals 20% less damage than the default Revolver, making it unsuitable for direct conflict. On the other hand, a successful hit will fill the Spy's Cloak meter by 15%, regardless of which Invisibility Watch is equipped. Players can therefore use the gun to charge their Cloak in order to perform escape or traverse a guarded area. This is especially useful when there is no metal or ammunition within close proximity.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	48
Base damage	100%	32
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	16
Point blank		44-48
Medium range		28-36
Long range		16-20
Critical		96
Mini-crit		43
Function times
Attack interval		0.58 s
Reload		1.16 s
Spread recovery		1.25 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Saharan Spy
	L'Etranger Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Effect	Extra effects when taunting.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Dead Ringer		Reclaimed Metal		L'Etranger
	+		=

Class Token - Spy		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a Crafting Ingredient

Refined Metal		L'Etranger		Familiar Fez
x4	+		=

Related Achievements

 Spy

A Cut Above Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch

• The item was added to the game.

Bugs

• Like the Ambassador, the weapon does not have a barrel modeled or textured, and this can be seen when reloading. Additionally, the cylinder does not rotate when fired and the bullets do not visibly exit the chamber (which is visible at a high viewmodel FOV setting). This issue, along with the lack of hammer movement upon firing is prevalent on both the Ambassador and Big Kill.
• The bullets chambered in the weapon do not line up with the barrel.
• Like with the Big Kill and Ambassador, the Spy does not actually "reload" this weapon. He simply flips open the cylinder and then closes it again, and the bullets are not ejected or replaced in the process.
• Wielding this weapon with DirectX 8.0 enabled will result in it being visible even when the Spy is cloaked.

Trivia

• L'Etranger is the French title of an existentialist novel, written by Albert Camus, in which an emotionally-detached French Algerian murders an Arab with a handgun.
• L'Etranger means "The Stranger" , "The Outsider" or "Abroad" in French, tying in with the Spy's mysterious nature and his roots to France.
• The weapon is modeled after the Nagant M1895 revolver. However L'Etranger, like the Revolver and Ambassador, reloads with a speedloader and flip-out cylinder, whereas the actual Nagant uses an Abadie gate and hand ejector to load one cartridge at a time. Also, the Nagant has a 7-round cylinder, as opposed to the L'Etranger's cylinder holding 6, like the Spy's other revolvers.
• As correct nouns in the French launguage require an acute accent, the upper case E in the weapon's name should be É.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

See also

• L'Etranger strategy