Machine Gun

Overview

The Machine Gun or MGun/MG, is a rapid fire Ballistic Weapon. It is comparable to contemporary machine guns (with caliber less than 20mm, above it's AC2), simply upscaled to Mechwarrior standards. Its rapid fire and fast projectile movement speed makes it an effective counter to Battle Armor. However it does little damage against any other target, unless used en masse over a long period of time. With that being said do not dismiss the MG particularly while other weapons are reloading or are out of range. A smart pilot ensures that the MG's are tied to every weapon group, as a hail of bullets against a heavy damaged opponent just may score you a kill or increase your C-Bills to the next rank.

Weapon Stats

Weapon	Max Range	Dmg Drop Range	Dmg Drop /m	Hit Damage/Shot	Damage Type	Shots /min	Sustained DPS	Burst DPS	Speed (m/s)	Heat /Shot	Cooldown Time	Jam Duration	Ammo /ton	Ammo cost /ton
BA Claw MG	300m	---	---	7	Kinetic	1000 (1200)*	140	168	2000	---	1s	3s	---	---
BA Medium MG	550m	50m	0.04	20	Kinetic	583 (700)*	233	280		---	1s	3s
Machine Gun	1600m	250m	0.001	5	Kinetic	533 (800)*	53	80		0.003	4s	6s
Heavy MG	500m	350m	0.05	15	Light Kinetic	240 (360)*	83	124		0.5	4s	6s

*Max rate of fire	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

Raw Damage Dropoff

Raw DPS Dropoff

• Mgun, BA Medium Machine Gun, and HMG have damage dropoff and do less damage at longer ranges.
• It is worth noting that Machine Guns have no spin up time mechanic; they begin firing immediately.

Machine Gun

• Kinetic damage deals some bonus damage against air units.

Heavy Machine Gun

• Light Kinetic damage makes the HMG more effective against vehicles.
• Worth using all the way out to its maximum range at 500m.

History

Heavy Machine Gun added in release 0.11.0

Canon

The Machine Gun is the quintessential anti-infantry weapon, issuing a stream of bullets at a high rate of fire to cut down opposing soldiers, while still being effective at damaging BattleMechs. Vehicular-scale machine guns mounted on BattleMechs can lay low entire platoons in just a few passes thanks to their high rate of fire, though they are more commonly found on Combat Vehicles and ProtoMechs.

BattleTech reference

As its name implies, the Heavy Machine Gun is a larger version of the standard Machine Gun. First introduced by Clan Smoke Jaguar, their demise hastened its dissemination to the other Clans, while the Taurian Concordat was able to perfect the Inner Sphere version of the weapon. Twice as heavy as its more traditional cousin, the Heavy Machine Gun does half again as much damage, though at the cost of a third of the already short range.

BattleTech reference

Usage

The following assets equip Machine Guns:

Asset	Type	Faction	Tons	MG	HMG
Commando A	Mech	IS	25	6
Commando B	Mech	IS	25	2
Commando D	Mech	IS	25		2
Locust IIC A	Mech	CL	25		6
Solitaire B	Mech	CL	25	2
Solitaire D	Mech	CL	25	2
Solitaire E	Mech	CL	25	2
Anubis D	Mech	IS	30		4
Osiris D	Mech	IS	30	3
Uller C	Mech	CL	30		2
Puma C	Mech	CL	35	1
Chimera Prime	Mech	IS	40	2
Chimera B	Mech	IS	40	4
Chimera E	Mech	IS	40		2
Shadowcat B	Mech	CL	45	2
Hellhound D	Mech	CL	50	4
Hellhound F	Mech	CL	50		4
Uziel Prime	Mech	IS	50	2
Uziel A	Mech	IS	50	2
Blacklanner E	Mech	CL	55	4
Bushwacker Prime	Mech	IS	55	2
Bushwacker A	Mech	IS	55	2
Argus C	Mech	IS	60	3
Catapult C	Mech	IS	65	2
Cauldronborn A	Mech	CL	65		2
Loki Prime	Mech	CL	65	2
Loki A	Mech	CL	65	2
Loki B	Mech	CL	65	2
Loki C	Mech	CL	65	2
Loki E	Mech	CL	65	2
Loki G	Mech	CL	65	3
Warhammer B	Mech	IS	70		2
Madcat Prime	Mech	CL	75	2
Madcat A	Mech	CL	75	2
Madcat B	Mech	CL	75	2
Madcat D	Mech	CL	75	2
Marauder A	Mech	IS	75		4
Marauder E	Mech	IS	75	5
Bloodasp E	Mech	CL	90	4
MadCatMKII C	Mech	CL	90	4
MadCatMKII E	Mech	CL	90	4
MadCatMKII F	Mech	CL	90	4
Sunder A	Mech	IS	90	6
Sunder E	Mech	IS	90		4
Atlas G	Mech	IS	100		4
Daishi D	Mech	CL	100	4
Daishi G	Mech	CL	100		10
Fafnir A	Mech	IS	100	4
Kodiak C	Mech	CL	100		8
Apc Prime	Vehicle	IS/CL	25	2
Mithras E	Vehicle	CL	25	2
Mithras F	Vehicle	CL	25		2
Hephaestus D	Vehicle	CL	30	2
Regulator Prime	Vehicle	IS	45		3
Regulator B	Vehicle	IS	45	2
Epona E	Vehicle	CL	50	4
Epona G	Vehicle	CL	50		4
Oro E	Vehicle	CL	60	2
Rommel B	Vehicle	IS	65		2
Rommel G	Vehicle	IS	65	4
Huitzilopochtli Prime	Vehicle	CL	85	2
Mars D	Vehicle	CL	100	4
Mars G	Vehicle	CL	100		4
Donar G	VTOL	CL	25		4
Hawkmoth Prime	VTOL	IS	25	4
Hawkmoth B	VTOL	IS	25		5
Hawkmoth F	VTOL	IS	25	3
Sulla A	ASF	CL	45	2
Visigoth A	ASF	CL	60	4

	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

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