HMLMG

A craftable belt-fed machine gun for holding ground and stopping pushes. The closest thing to an M249 you can actually build, recoil included.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Durability: 350

Workbench: Level 3

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 120 Scrap

Damage: 57.5

Fire rate: 480 shots/min

Magazine: 60

Reload: 6.5 s

Overview

In-game description

A hand made belt-fed light machine gun with high damage, high rate of fire, low accuracy during short bursts.

You build the HMLMG when you want to pin a group down: holding a compound during an online raid, covering a road while your team moves, or pouring bullets into a turret position. It is the craftable cousin of the M249, a bit harder to control and a bit softer-hitting, but you can research it and rebuild it after a loss.

Pros

Cons

A long belt, so you rarely reload mid-fight
Runs on 5.56 rifle ammo, the same stock your AK and bolt use
Crafted at a Level 3 workbench, unlike the M249

Recoil takes real practice, and many players find the iron sights hard to use
A slow reload once the belt does run dry
Takes no extended magazine or burst module

Get a lasersight on it before anything else. It cuts the sway, and many players add a holosight next to it to keep the gun on target at range. Learn the bullet drop too before you start fights far away.