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M16-A2

Selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a standardized detachable magazine. Although it lacks support for custom optics, the long barrel and high rate of fire offer remarkable firepower. Uses 5.56x45mm rounds.

Loadout

Tap a point on the weapon to choose what goes there. Double-tap a point to put it back to standard.

30rd Mag-C Mag

Classname

M16A2

What the loadout changes

The game multiplies recoil and sway over every mounted part; many sights and handguards only add weight.

Value	Without attachments	With this loadout
Recoil	1.12	1.065%
Weight	2.9 kg	2.99 kg3.1%
Capacity	–	30

Per part

30rd Mag-C MagRecoil −5% · Capacity 30 · +90 g

Damage

110

Health per hit

Fire rate

923

rounds/min

Velocity

850

m/s

Recoil

1.06

without attachments: 1.125%

Damage: 110 health · 100 blood · 110 shock
Fire rate: 500 rounds/min (semi-auto) · 923 rounds/min (burst)
Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s
Spread: 6.9 MOAMOA (minute of angle) measures how far shots stray from where you aim: 1 MOA is about 2.9 cm at 100 m. With this spread a bullet lands up to about 20 cm from the aim point at 100 m and 60 cm at 300 m. Lower is more accurate.
Recoil: 1.06 up · 0.1 sideways5%without attachments: 1.12 up · 0.1 sideways Average aim climb per shot in the game's own units; higher kicks harder.
Zeroing: 50 / 100 / 200 / 300 m
Penetration: 1
Ricochet below: 10°
Capacity: 30
Magazine swap: 0.5 s
Loudness to infected: 80How far infected and animals notice the shot, relative to other weapons.

Calculated from the game's muzzle velocity and air resistance: how fast the bullet still flies, how far it drops and how long it takes. Below the speed of sound the supersonic crack stops giving the shooter away.

Speed over distance (m/s)

Distance	Speed	Drop	Time
100 m	750 m/s	7 cm	0.13 s
200 m	662 m/s	32 cm	0.27 s
300 m	584 m/s	80 cm	0.43 s
400 m	515 m/s	156 cm	0.61 s
500 m	455 m/s	270 cm	0.82 s
600 m	401 m/s	431 cm	1.05 s
800 m	313 m/s	955 cm	1.62 s

Subsonic from about 730 m · Drop with the barrel level and without zeroing.

Pristine	0%
Worn	0.1%
Damaged	1%
Badly damaged	10%
Ruined	100%

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Where to find it on Nasdara

Where you find it: At events only (vehicle spawns, helicopter crashes, convoys …)
Spread: Scattered across the whole mapShow on the map

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Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal	Nasdara
Nominal (target on the map)	4	5	2	4
Min (respawns below this)	2	3	1	2
Lifetime (untouched)	8 h	8 h	8 h	8 h
Restock (wait before respawn)	0	0	2 h	0
Quantity when spawned	30–80%	30–80%	30–80%	30–80%
Places	Military	Military	Military	MilitaryWest
Tiers	Tier3, Tier4	Tier3	Tier4	–
Spots	–	–	–	–
Counted	on the ground	on the ground	on the ground	on the ground, dynamic event loot

Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.

Magazines

Ammunition

Attachments

Items that fit one of its attachment slots according to the game config.

Repaired with

Gun Cleaning KitWeaponCleaningKit

Spawns with

From cfgspawnabletypes.xml: each group rolls its chance, then one item of the group is picked.

Chernarus · Livonia

Attachment, 10% chance

Sakhal

Attachment, 30% chance

Nasdara

Attachment, 35% chance

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