XM8 LMG

The XM8 Automatic Rifle is a variant of the XM8 Baseline Carbine; it has a heavy 20 inch (508 mm) barrel for sustained fire and increased accuracy, integrated folding bipod, built-in 4X Reflex Sight, and a 100 round magazine. This variant of the Baseline Carbine is meant to be used as a Light Machine Gun rather than an ordinary Assault Rifle such as it's Long Barrel (LB) XM8 counterpart or the M16 Assault Rifle.

Appearances in Battlefield
The XM8 LMG appears in Battlefield: Bad Company and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Battlefield: Bad Company
In singleplayer, the XM8 LMG can be found on the missions Crash and Grab and Ghost Town as a collectable.

In multiplayer, the XM8 LMG is issued to the Support class as an unlockable. It has a 150 round drum magazine and 300 rounds in reserve. It has a good rate of fire and power, but is very inaccurate. The crosshairs grow large as soon as it is fired from the hip. It can kill in around 10 shots. When playing in close-quarters with the support kit, this weapon is probably a better choice than other LMGs due to being magazine fed, allowing for a faster reload, and its decent damage, high rate of fire, and its low accuracy won't make much difference at close ranges.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The XM8 LMG is a Light Machine gun in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 available with the Medic class. It is unlocked after scoring 34000 points with the medic class. It's design differs from the XM8 Prototype, as it has a black finish instead of a grey-black scheme the XM8 has. It has relatively high accuracy, and a high rate of fire (ROF is equal to the XM8). It has a 100 round Beta C-Mag magazine, and reloads using a drum magazine (like the MG36). This makes the reload animation slightly faster than that of other light machine guns, although for ballancing purposes, the player clearly takes their time during the reloading process, dragging it out for longer than it might be in real life.