Wardogs Loadout
Early Access
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// Light Machine Gun

M249 SAW

- Semi / Full Auto - 5.56x45mm

Caliber5.56x45mm
Fire rate850rpm
Effective700m
// GunsmithAttachment weight3.14 kg

Pick a part and the weapon above is rebuilt with it, on the mount points the game’s own weapon rig defines. Every figure on this page follows.

// Test bench
Round loaded
Damage per hit19.4
Time to kill0.35s
6 shots to kill
What one round takes100 HP
Price$3 200

Against Level 2 body armor and a Level 2 helmet, on the upper torso.

// Damage matrix

The game gives twelve hit zones, but this weapon's table only tells 12 of them apart: the rows below are those bands, each one naming the zones it covers. Shots are counted on 100 health, so a cell reads as an outcome rather than a statistic.

BandNoneLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
Head×2.3 · Head
64.42 shots
45.13 shots
38.63 shots
294 shots
22.55 shots
Neck×1.7249999999999999 · Neck
48.33 shots
48.33 shots
48.33 shots
21.75 shots
16.96 shots
Upper torso×1.1550000000000002 · Chest
32.34 shots
22.65 shots
19.46 shots
14.67 shots
11.39 shots
Mid torso×1.05 · Abdo
29.44 shots
20.65 shots
17.66 shots
13.28 shots
10.310 shots
Lower torso×0.9974999999999999 · Gut
27.94 shots
19.66 shots
16.86 shots
12.68 shots
9.811 shots
Pelvis×0.9 · Pelvis
25.24 shots
25.24 shots
25.24 shots
25.24 shots
8.812 shots
Upper arm×0.54 · Upper
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
5.319 shots
Forearm×0.45 · Fore
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
Hand×0.27 · Hand
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
Thigh×0.54 · Thigh
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
15.17 shots
Calf×0.45 · Calf
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
12.68 shots
Foot×0.27 · Foot
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots
7.614 shots

A tier applies to both the plate and the helmet, so each column is a whole protection level. Limb bands ignore it: no armor in the game reaches them.

// Recoil pattern
7 shots
Shots in pattern
7
Random deviation
20°
Pattern reset
// Damage over distance
700 M100%0 M1200 M

Full damage out to the marked distance, then a linear decay. The curve is the multiplier applied to every figure above.

// Handling
Fire rate
850 rpm
Fire modes
Automatic / SemiAutomatic
Accuracy
4.3 mrad
Muzzle velocity
915 m/s
Effective range
700 m
Zeroing
200–1000 m
Aim time
5s

A dash means the value is not in the shipped files. It is left blank rather than filled with a guess.