Light Machine Gun

A , often abbreviated as LMG, is a type of weapon in the Call of Duty series.
Light machine guns are a hybrid between a Heavy Machine Gun and an Assault Rifle. Light machine guns have the ammo and similar power to a Heavy machine gun, but have more damage and similar capacity to a Submachine Gun; however, performance and behavior has fluctuated between games. While most Light Machine guns hold over 75 rounds in their magazines and have lethargic handling characteristics, there have been some exceptions to this trend. A more recent one is in the form of the Stoner63, which has only a 30 round magazine, but reloads almost twice as fast compared to any other Light machine gun in its respective game. Another big exception is the Chain SAW, which allows the player to move faster, and features a very tight hip-fire cone, at the cost of a smaller belt magazine and the inability to truly aim down the sights.
The drawbacks of light machine guns are that their handling characteristics are universally poor. Due to their weight, they will usually cause the player to move much slower than compared to other weapons. In addition, they take a long time to aim, and most Light machine guns take very long times to reload. To compound this weakness, the Light Machine guns usually have very large hip-fire cones by default, making them extremely ineffective at close quarters. It is recommended to have a backup weapon to fall back on if the player were to get in said situation.
Due to the extended capacity and damage output of Light machine guns, Light Machine guns are generally most effective in Medium-long range gunfights, where their extended ranges and large capacities allow players to easily outperform lightly armed enemies, such as Shotgun users and Submachine Gunners.
==List of Light Machine Guns in the Call of Duty series==
===Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition===
M249 menu icon CoD4.png|M249 SAW
RPD menu icon CoD4.png|RPD
M60E4 menu icon CoD4.png|M60E4
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2===
L86 LSW menu icon MW2.png|L86 LSW
RPD menu icon MW2.png|RPD
MG4 menu icon MW2.png|MG4
AUG HBAR menu icon MW2.png|AUG HBAR
M240 menu icon MW2.png|M240
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized===
*M249 SAW
*MG4
===Call of Duty: Black Ops===
HK21 Menu Icon BO.png|HK21
RPK menu icon BO.png|RPK
M60 menu icon BO.png|M60
Stoner63 menu icon BO.png|Stoner63
BAR menu icon WaW.png|BAR (Original Zombies Maps only)
FG42 menu icon WaW.png|FG42 (Original Zombies Maps only)
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS)===
*M60
*RPD
*XM22
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3===
L86 LSW menu icon MW3.png|L86 LSW
MG36 menu icon MW3.png|MG36
PKP Pecheneg Menu Icon MW3.png|PKP Pecheneg
MK46 menu icon MW3.png|MK46
M60E4 menu icon MW3.png|M60E4
M240 menu icon MW2.png|M240 (Campaign Wii Only)
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance===
*M249 SAW
*MG4
*RPD
===Call of Duty: Black Ops II===
Mk 48 Menu Icon BOII.png|Mk 48
QBB LSW Menu Icon BOII.png|QBB LSW
LSAT Menu Icon BOII.png|LSAT
HAMR Menu Icon BOII.png|HAMR
M60 menu icon BOII.png|M60 (Campaign Only)
RPD Menu Icon BOII.png|RPD (Campaign and Zombies Only)
MG08 menu icon Origins BOII.png|MG08/15 (Zombies Only)
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified===
RPK menu icon BO.png|RPK
M60 menu icon BO.png|M60
Stoner63 menu icon BO.png|Stoner63
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===Call of Duty Online===
Gaia's Arm model CoDO.png|Gaia's Arm
M4LMG menu icon CoDO.png|M4LMG
M260B menu icon CoDO.png|M260B
MG4 menu icon CoDO.png|MAG43
PKP model CoDO.png|PKP Pecheneg
RPD menu icon CoDO.png|RPD
L86 LSW menu icon CoDO.png|SA80-LSW
Steyr AUG-H menu icon CoDO.png|Steyr AUG-H
Triumph model CoDO.png|Triumph
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*Additionally, the Chaos assault rifle and the Titan submachine gun can be toggled to light machine gun mode.
===Call of Duty: Ghosts===
Ameli model CoDG.png|Ameli
M27-IAR model CoDG.png|M27-IAR
LSAT model CoDG.png|LSAT
Chain SAW model CoDG.png|Chain SAW
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops III===
BRM Model BO3.png|BRM
Dingo Gunsmith model BO3.png|Dingo
Gorgon Gunsmith model BO3.png|Gorgon
48 Dredge Gunsmith model BO3.png|48 Dredge
R70 Ajax Gunsmith model BO3.png|R70 Ajax (added via update)
RPK Gunsmith model BO3.png|RPK (added via update)
MG-08 third person BO3.png|MG-08/15 (Zombies Only)
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===Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare===
R.A.W. menu icon IW.png|R.A.W.
Mauler menu icon IW.png|Mauler
Titan Model IW.png|Titan
Auger Model IW.png|Auger (added via update)
Atlas Model IW.png|Atlas (added via update)
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered===
M249 SAW Model MWR.png|M249 SAW
RPD Model MWR.png|RPD
M60E4 Model MWR.png|M60E4
PKM Model MWR.png|PKM (added via update)
Bered MK8 Menu Icon MWR.png|Bered MK8 (added via update)
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===Call of Duty: WWII===
Lewis menu icon WWII.png|Lewis
MG 15 menu icon WWII.png|MG 15
Bren Model WWII.png|Bren
MG 42 menu icon WWII.png|MG 42
GPMG Model WWII.png|GPMG(Winter Siege update)
MG 81 Model WWII.png|MG 81(Operation Shamrock & Awe update)
Stinger Model WWII.png|Stinger (Attack of the Undead update)
VMG 1927 Build Kit Menu WWII.png|VMG 1927(Covert Storm update)
LAD Machine Gun model WWII.png|LAD Machine Gun (1.24 update)
Chatelleraut Build Menu Preview WWII.png|Chatellerault (7/23/19 update)
M1919 menu icon WWII.png|M1919 (only portable in campaign)
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops 4===
Titan menu icon BO4.png|Titan
Hades menu icon BO4.png|Hades
VKM 750 menu icon BO4.png|VKM 750
Tigershark menu icon BO4.png|Tigershark(Operation Spectre Rising update)
Zweihänder menu icon BO4.png|Zweihänder (Blackout and Zombies only)
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===Call of Duty: Mobile===
RPD model CoDMobile.png|RPD
UL736 Gunsmith CoDM.png|UL736
S36 Gunsmith CoDM.png|S36
M4LMG model CoDMobile.png|M4LMG
Chopper Gunsmith CoDM.png|Chopper(Season 7)
Holger 26 Gunsmith CoDM.png|Holger 26(2021 Season 4)
Hades model CoDMobile.png|Hades(2021 Season 7)
PKM model CoDMobile.png|PKM(2021 Season 11)
Dingo model CoDMobile.png|Dingo(2023 Season 1)
Bruen MK9 model CoDMobile.png|Bruen MK9(2023 Season 10)
MG42 model CoDMobile.png|MG42(2024 Season 4)
RAAL MG Gunsmith CoDM.png|RAAL MG(2024 Season 11)
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare===
PKM Gunsmith Preview MW.png|PKM
SA87 Gunsmith MW2019.png|SA87
M91 Gunsmith MW2019.png|M91
MG34 Gunsmith Preview MW.png|MG34
Holger-26 Gunsmith Preview MW.png|Holger-26(Season 1)
Bruen Mk9 Gunsmith MW.png|Bruen Mk9(Season 3)
FiNN LMG Gunsmith MW.png|FiNN LMG(Season 5)
RAAL MG Gunsmith MW.png|RAAL MG(8/24/21 Update)
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War===
Stoner 63 Gunsmith Model BOCW.png|Stoner 63
RPD Gunsmith Model BOCW.png|RPD
 M60 Gunsmith Model BOCW.png|M60
MG 82 Gunsmith BOCW.png|MG 82(Season 4)
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===Call of Duty: Vanguard===
MG42 Gunsmith VG.png|MG42
DP27 Gunsmith VG.png|DP27
Bren Gunsmith VG.png|Bren
Type 11 Gunsmith VG.png|Type 11
Whitley Gunsmith CODV.png|Whitley(Season 2)
UGM-8 Gunsmith CODV.png|UGM-8(Season 4)
Lienna 57 Gunsmith CODV.png|Lienna 57(Season 5)
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II===
SAKIN MG38 Gunsmith MWII.png|SAKIN MG38
RAAL MG Gunsmith MWII.png|RAAL MG
HCR 56 Gunsmith MWII.png|HCR 56
556 Icarus Gunsmith MWII.png|556 Icarus
RPK Gunsmith MWII.png|RPK
RAPP H Gunsmith MWII.png|RAPP H
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===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III===
All weapons from Modern Warfare II carry forward to this game; only the new Modern Warfare III light machine guns are listed here.
Pulemyot 762 Gunsmith MWIII.png|Pulemyot 762
DG-58 LSW Gunsmith MWIII.png|DG-58 LSW
Holger 26 Gunsmith MWIII.png|Holger 26
Bruen Mk9 Gunsmith MWIII.png|Bruen Mk9
TAQ Eradicator Gunsmith MWIII.png|TAQ Eradicator
TAQ Evolvere Gunsmith MWIII.png|TAQ Evolvere(Season 1)
Kastov LSW Gunsmith MWIII.png|Kastov LSW(Season 6)
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===Call of Duty: Black Ops 6===
PU-21 Gunsmith BO6.png|PU-21
XMG Gunsmith BO6.png|XMG
GPMG-7 Gunsmith BO6.png|GPMG-7
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==Videos==
Black Ops - LMG Weapon Sounds
==Trivia==
*Reloading belt-fed LMGs in Ghosts and WWII (as well as the ones classed under "Heavy Weapons" in Advanced Warfare) differs when a changed belt box is empty or when it still has rounds in it, unlike other installments.
*In every game prior to Modern Warfare Remastered, if a belt-fed LMG runs out of ammo, the ammo belt can still be seen connected to the gun.
Category:Weapon Types