Modern Warfare 2 Assault rifles: M4A1

M4A1

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Colt's Manufacturing Company
M4A1
United States
5.56x45mm NATO
Semi- / Fully automatic
800-950 rounds/min
Effective: 300m

 

M4A1 ingame stats

Game modes

For more information on how we gathered this information, these are the tests we did: » Multiplayer Weapon Stats. Hold your mouse on the dotted line to see the test results.
  • Rounds in one magazine: 30
  • Rounds/Minute ~760
  • Time to Reload (in seconds)
    • An empty gun 2.46
    • A loaded gun 2.0
  • Speed while Sprinting with Weapon (in m/s): 6.12
  • Bullets to Kill (while ADS)
    • On head
    • At point blank 3
    • At 10 meters 3
    • At 50 meters 4
    • At 100 meters 4
    • On torso
    • At point blank 4
    • At 10 meters 4
    • At 50 meters 5
    • At 100 meters 5
    • On extremities
    • At point blank 4
    • At 10 meters 4
    • At 50 meters 5
    • At 100 meters 5
  • Bullets & Time to Kill (while firing from the hip, misses included)
    • At point blank 4
    • Time to kill0.31 seconds

    • At 5 meters 8
    • Time to kill0.63 seconds

    • At 10 meters 12
    • Time to kill0.98 seconds

    • At 20 meters 21
    • Time to kill1.63 seconds
M4A1 Campaign: confirmed Campaign
M4A1 Special Ops: confirmed Special Ops
M4A1 Multiplayer: confirmed Multiplayer

Screenshots

Confirmation of the Bushmaster M4 Special Ops M4A1 confirmation

Video

Impressions:

Benkeeps— Coming off of Call of Duty 4, I expected the M4A1 to be as versatile as the M4 Carbine. Truth be told, it is still quite a flexible weapon, but it lacks the proliferation that comes out of a well-rounded weapon. That 'best of show' title has to go to the SCAR-H, but instead what comes out of the M4A1 is an accurate piece that can be employed more tactically than other weapons, akin to its real-life counterpart. In my career as of yet I have seen Bling used with the M4A1 more so than any weapon. Now, this might be a stretch, but I see it becoming the MP5 of MW2. Right now that spot is slowly being taken by the UMP, but I think the shift will happen later in this games career, as soon as the experimentation begins to die down.

Blackhawk— M4a1, lovely all around weapon, good damage, good RoF, good accuracy.With its good damage, I would recommend something along the lines of a Silencer, HBS and Coldblooded (with its high damage stopping power is pointless). This makes it a very nice weapon to use on the stealth classes that everyone has. Its high RoF makes it possibly the best assault rifle for CQB, most would just "spray and pray" whereas the tapping in and out of ADS seems to work nicely along with SoH Pro. With its high RoF it can lack reliability at longer ranges. Overall its a very nice weapon and should be used from early on.