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M249 SAW
The M249 SAW is an american variant of FN Minimi light machine gun. The M249 is widely used in various branches of U.S. Armed Forces. The weapon has only a fully automatic mode of fire. This weapon is belt-fed, with belts stored in ammo boxes.
Classname
M249Damage
110
Health per hit
Velocity
850
m/s
Recoil
0.95
Weight
7.5 kg
- Damage
- 110 health · 100 blood · 110 shock
- 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
- 0.95 up · 0 sidewaysAverage aim climb per shot in the game's own units; higher kicks harder.
- Zeroing
- 50 / 100 / 200 / 300 m
- Penetration
- 1
- Ricochet below
- 10°
- Magazine swap
- 6.5 s
- Loudness to infected
- 100How 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.
- Clearing a jam
- 6–10 s
- Durability
- 100
Jam chance per shot
| Pristine | 0% |
|---|---|
| Worn | 0.1% |
| Damaged | 1% |
| Badly damaged | 10% |
| Ruined | 100% |
A worn magazine adds its own chance on top.
- Buttstock
- 10 health · 100 blood · 20 shock · 1.2 m reach
- Category
- Weapons
- Weight
- 7.5 kg
- Size
- 9×3 (27 slots)
- Slot
- Shoulder
Where to find it on Nasdara
Does not spawn on its own on Nasdara – it only comes with other items, from crafting or from admin spawns.
Magazines
Ammunition
Attachments
Items that fit one of its attachment slots according to the game config.
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Standardized SuppressorM4_Suppressor
Repaired with
Sell it in your server's trader shop
With dzbot, players on your Nitrado DayZ server — PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch 2 — buy items like this one with your server currency on your server website, and the order spawns at their chosen spot after the next restart.