M416



The HK416 is an Assault Rifle designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch. It is an improved version of the M4 Carbine with many changes such as a new gas operating system from the G36 which makes it more reliable and gives it a longer lifespan, more RIS rails to use for adding attachments such as optics, and hidden compartments inside the rifle's pistol grip and telescoping buttstock for storing items like batteries. There are 4 variants of the rifle with different barrel lengths, with a 10.4 inch CQB version, a 14.5 inch Carbine Version, a 16.5 inch Assault Rifle variant, and a 19.9 inch Marksman variant. The weapon fires the 5.56x45mm NATO rounds and can be used with the common STANAG magazines. It has a fire rate of around 650 to 800 rounds per minute, with selective firing modes for semi automatic and fully automatic fire. The HK416's effective range will vary, depending on the barrel length.

Appearances in Battlefield


In Battlefield: Bad Company and its sequel, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the rifle is referred to as the M416, and it has been adopted by the US military as their primary assault rifle.

Battlefield: Bad Company
In singleplayer, it is the first weapon the player starts with and so on in every mission. Marlowe and Redford always have it in cutscenes.

In multiplayer, it is the default assault rifle issued to the American Assault kit. It has average stats and is capable of killing in 8-10 shots. It has a 50 round magazine, 150 rounds in reserve and an under-barrel grenade launcher.

In Bad Company 2, the M416 returns as the CQB 10" barrel version, and is only seen in multiplayer. The Bad Company 2 version can be used by all factions but must be unlocked first by gaining Assault class points. It has a 30 round magazine with a grenade launcher, and can be further modified with a red dot sight or 4x ACOG scope. It is accurate at long range (same rating as the AN-94) but burst firing is recommended as the automatic nature causes wide bullet spread. It is also effective at close range, but is still outclassed by SMGs and shotguns.

Unlike most of the returned weapons from Bad Company 1, the M416 has a completely different sound and reloading animation in Bad Company 2

Trivia

 * The Grenade launcher used in both of the Bad Company games is not the real one that it uses. As it is made by Heckler & Koch, the HK416 would either use HK's AG36 for the G36, or the M320, made for the XM8 and M16 series weapons. However, in the CQB configuration shown in game, it is using LMT's Rail-Mounted M203.