Facebook: http://facebook.com/AhoyYT Twitter: http://twitter.com/xboxahoy The Intervention is a bolt-action sniper rifle - the only such one in the game - meaning the action must be manually cycled between each shot. It's available alongside the Barrett .50 Cal as soon as you unlock create-a-class. The Intervention M200 rifle is just a single element of CheyTac's long range rifle system. It originates from the United States and is based on the earlier 'EDM Arms Windrunner' rifle. The Intervention entered production in 2001. It fires the specially designed .408 CheyTac round, suitable for multiple roles, including anti-personnel, ant-materiel, and counter sniper roles. It lacks the raw kinetic energy of the .50 caliber BMG round, but has a superior muzzle velocity and more balanced aerodynamics, meaning it can reach out accurately to greater distances than most other cartridges. As with the Barrett .50 Cal, you need to be both accurate and patient, adopting a defensive role, anticipating an offensive push and setting up a firing zone over a chokepoint to be your most effective. While the Barrett has a higher effective rate of fire and larger magazine, the Intervention has identical damage and has a unpredictable but otherwise significantly reduced viewkick. Most of the time you won't lose sight of your target between shots. In addition, the reload time of the Intervention is quicker than that of the Barrett, useful should you decide not to use Sleight of Hand. The Intervention has higher idle sway when scoped in than the Barrett, meaning that holding your breath is more essential for accurate fire. The slow rate of fire means you have to plan your shots, which can be beneficial for your accuracy - it's tempting with a semi-automatic weapon to just spray and pray, but the Intervention quickly teaches you to aim before you fire. The fast aim speed you get with Sleight of Hand Pro is hard to pass up, however - it's definitely my preferr