MERIDIAN LMG

PMC

MERIDIAN

class

Support (class.rs)

unlock

free (Support preset)

source

class.rs weapon(Support)

Our numbers

damage ramp

24 → 17 per hit, full to 25 m, linear to 150 m, stops at 264 m

rate of fire

8.55 rounds/s (513 rpm)

magazine

100 + 200 spare on spawn

reload

–

muzzle velocity

800 m/s

bullet drop

7.7 cm at 100 m, 30.7 cm at 200 m (g = 9.81 m/s²)

spread

9 mrad hip, standing; 2.7 mrad aimed (ADS ×0.3); moving ×0.9

recoil

7.2 mrad up, 4.2 mrad side per shot; first shot ×1.2; recovers 5.6/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: 25.92 → 18.36 @ 25 → 150 m, 9.23 rounds/s, 150 rounds, – s reload, spread 7.65 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.