HALCYON LMG

PMC

HALCYON

class

Support (class.rs)

unlock

free (Support preset)

source

class.rs weapon(Support)

Our numbers

damage ramp

20 → 15 per hit, full to 30 m, linear to 180 m, stops at 286 m

rate of fire

10.8 rounds/s (648 rpm)

magazine

100 + 200 spare on spawn

reload

–

muzzle velocity

900 m/s

bullet drop

6.1 cm at 100 m, 24.2 cm at 200 m (g = 9.81 m/s²)

spread

6 mrad hip, standing; 1.8 mrad aimed (ADS ×0.3); moving ×0.9

recoil

5.2 mrad up, 3.36 mrad side per shot; first shot ×1.2; recovers 6.4/s; ADS recoil ×0.65

bloom

+0.18× base per shot, up to 2.2× base, recovers 1× base/s

Damage over distance

Bullets to kill

Body hits, against each PMC's armour multiplier (weapon.rs FactionProfile) and both armour weights (progression.txt).

With skills

Every LMG skill (LMG bipod grip (1 pt), 150-round box (2 pts), LMG Mk II (5 pts)) gives: 21.6 → 16.2 @ 30 → 180 m, 11.66 rounds/s, 150 rounds, – s reload, spread 5.1 mrad.

Design note

DESIGN.md §20.3, row "LMG"

OpenMAG (design)

faction rifle damage and ramp; rps ×0.9; 100 mag; 5.5 s; spread ×1.5 (class.rs keeps the 100-round box)

BF4 reference

m249 800 rpm, 200/2, 6.2 s, 620 m/s, 24.5→18 @8→65 m; m240 650 rpm, 100 mag, 33→21.6 (m249, m240)

BF4 reference

Observed numbers from the clean-room tables (weapons.json), cited so the tuning is traceable. Not used in the game.