M249

A military-grade Light Machine Gun that only spawns in Helicopter Crates and Bradley Crates, the M249 holds the most bullets in-game out of all the guns, with a magazine capacity of 100. Does an extremely high amount of damage with a high rate of fire and is extremely accurate, but has a large amount of recoil. Melts everybody.

Damage 65
Rate of Fire 500 RPM
Aim Cone 0.2°
Capacity 100
Reload 7.5 sec
Draw 1.8 sec
M249
  1. Loot
  2. Repair
  3. Recycle
  4. Mods
  5. Damage
  6. Skins
  7. Tips
Container Condition Amount Chance
Helicopter Crate 100 % 1 6 %
APC Crate 100 % 1 8 %
Tool Max Repair Cost Condition Loss Blueprint Required
Repair Bench Repair Bench High Quality Metal×11Metal Fragments×30 20% No
Recycler Yield
Recycler M249>High Quality Metal×20Metal Spring×3Gears×3Rifle Body50%
Modifications Damage Rate of Fire Aim Cone Hip Aim Cone Velocity Recoil Aim Sway
16x Zoom Scope 16x Zoom Scope - - -30 % - - -20 % -
Weapon flashlight Weapon flashlight - - - - - - -
Holosight Holosight - - -70 % -70 % - - -
Weapon Lasersight Weapon Lasersight - - -20 % -40 % - - -90 %
Muzzle Boost Muzzle Boost -10 % +10 % - - -10 % - -
Muzzle Brake Muzzle Brake -20 % - +0.5 +2 -20 % -50 % -
Simple Handmade Sight Simple Handmade Sight - - - - - - -
Silencer Silencer -25 % - -30 % -30 % -25 % -20 % -20 %
8x Zoom Scope 8x Zoom Scope - - -30 % - - -20 % -
Ammunition Damage DPS Headshot Aim Cone Velocity
5.56 Rifle Ammo 5.56 Rifle Ammo 65 335 ×2 0.2° 488
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 70 361 ×2 0.7° 293
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 72 376 ×2 0.2° 293
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 65 335 ×2 0.2° 585
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zukey[contributor] 1,105 pts. 2 years ago*

  1. The M249 has a high recoil movement penalty, staying still will make the gun much easier to spray at longer distances.
  2. The simple sight is a good mod for the M249 with the benefits of more visibility when aiming down and the higher sensitivity the mod gives.
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[USSR] Blake Gibson[contributor] 368 pts. year ago

The M249 can shoot exactly 2,000 rounds of any ammunition before breaking while in mint condition.
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tm 32 pts. year ago

The probability for finding this per attack heli (4 x Elite crates at 6% probability per crate) is not 25%; it is 21.9%. Probabilities don't "add up" like that (6% * 4 = 24%). To calculate the probability of finding at least one of a given item, use the following formula:
P = 1 - ( per-chance probability of NOT finding the item ^ number of chances )
For the M249, the P of NOT finding it is (1 - 0.06) = 0.94, so the formula is: P = 1 - (0.94 ^ 4) = 0.219
To get a 50% chance of finding at least 1 M249, you'd need to encounter 11 Elite crates. Doubling this number will *not* guarantee you find one! The probability asymptotically approaches 1 the more chances you get.
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Pfefferpotthast[contributor] 255 pts. year ago

Amazing weapon, if you can actually get one. The chance from getting one from each helicopter taken down is 25% so kill the heli 4 times and you will get one are two if you are lucky. Overall good, but way too rare.
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mechass13[contributor] 56 pts. month ago

The M249 is very good at destroying the Patrol Helicopter.
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N3xT[contributor] 286 pts. 8 days ago

One of the weapons of preference for roof campers, with a fat zoom scope attached, and tapping/bursting.
To deal serious damage to such roofcampers, climb up after killing them and steal the M249 with ladders or a build-in; their rarity will make them cringe.
Identifier -2069578888
Stack Size ×1
Despawn time 1 hour