M249

High damage, high rate of fire, belt fed light machine gun.

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How to get it

Found in loot
Bought from a vendor for 0 Scrap
Worn by NPCs ScienceGunner, HeavyScientistM249

Weapon stats

Damage: 65 with 5.56 Rifle Ammo
Rate of fire: 500 rounds a minute
Damage a second: 541.7
Magazine: 100
Reload: 7.5s
Effective range: 150m
Damage multiplier: 1.2999999523162842x the round

Ammo it can chamber

Round	Damage a shot	Damage a second
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	72.8	606.7
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	70.01	583.4
5.56 Rifle Ammo	65	541.7
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	65	541.7

Body damage at point blank with no attachments, on vanilla settings. Damage a second assumes the trigger held and ignores reloads.

Repair

At a repair bench, fully worn: 30 Metal Fragments, 11 High Quality Metal. A half worn one costs half as much.

Condition lost per repair: 20% of maximum
Blueprint needed: No

Rust stores no repair cost. The bench builds one from the crafting recipe: components are swapped for the first ingredient of their own recipe, then everything is charged at 20% and rounded up.

Recycling

Recycler	Returns	Time
Recycler50% back	20 High Quality Metal, 0 to 1 Rifle Body, 3 Metal Spring, 3 Gears	5s
Barrel recycler40% back	16 High Quality Metal, 0 to 1 Rifle Body, 2 to 3 Metal Spring, 2 to 3 Gears	8s
Powered recycler75% back	30 High Quality Metal, 0 to 1 Rifle Body, 4 to 5 Metal Spring, 4 to 5 Gears	4s