Light machine gun (Fallout 76)

The light machine gun, or MG42 light machine gun,Plan: MG42 light machine gunEditor ID: MG42 is a heavy gun .
==Background==
==Characteristics==
This light machine gun is a heavy gun that fires .308 rounds. The light machine gun has a high rate of fire and high per-shot damage. However, .308 ammunition is not commonly found in Appalachia, especially in large quantities. For modifications, there is only one non-standard receiver option available. If choosing to use this weapon, the required Ultracite .308 rounds would have to either be crafted via being boosted by the Ammosmith perk and/or the Ammo Factory legendary perk, purchased from other players, looted from contextual ammo drops (such as in Daily Ops), or collected via the converted munitions factory in large quantities. As the light machine gun is classed as a heavy weapon in-game, it will benefit from the Heavy Gunner and Bear Arms perks.
This weapon has the second-highest standard AP cost of any weapon in the game (and the third-highest overall) due to the receiver, stock, and drum inexplicably increasing the cost. Only the Fat Man or an Enclave plasma gun with certain mods go higher.
===Crafting===
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===Weapon modifications===
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==Locations==
* Can be crafted from any weapons workbench after the plan is obtained.
* Some vendor bots may occasionally sell one.
* Has a chance of being given as a reward for completing a daily quest.
==Notes==
* Despite being a belt-fed machine gun, the player does not align the ammo belt to the feed tray while reloading.
* In third-person view, no casings nor belt links are ejected by the machine gun when it is fired.
* The muzzle break mod is not known by default, and must be learned by scrapping.
* It is clear due to the number of available mod slots that many more mods were planned for the MG42 than were ultimately implemented.
* According to the Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, it was originally intended to have a fire rate of 929, whereas the minigun would have had a fire rate of 251. If this had been implemented and the weapon had the 2-star Rapid legendary effect, its fire rate would have been roughly 1161.
==Behind the scenes==
The MG42 is based on the real-life MG 42 machine gun.
==Bugs==
 The muzzle brake mod is not known by default.
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout 76 weapons
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