SCAR-L



The FN SCAR-L is an assault rifle made by Belgian small arms company Fabrique du Nationale (FN) of Herstal. This is the assault rifle variant of the SCAR weapon system. It fires the 5.56x45 NATO round and was designed by request of SOCOM for a multi-caliber special-forces rifle capable of marksman and CQB conversions. The SCAR-L differs from the SCAR-H by the smaller caliber and having a slightly lighter barrel. All Rangers are supposed to be equipped with SCAR-L and SCAR-H's by late 2010.

Battlefield 2
The SCAR-L in Battlefield 2 is a tier two unlock for the Special Forces kit. It features the accuracy and power of the G36C, but has an unusable optic attached to the weapon system.

Battlefield: Bad Company
The SCAR-L makes a few appearances in singleplayer, as well as being the default Compact Assault Rifle for Specialists exclusively for the American faction in multiplayer.

It has low damage and a low fire rate making kills difficult to achieve, but is also very accurate and can be effective at medium ranges.

It has a 60 round magazine (like all Compact Assault Rifles in game) and cannot use iron sights (aiming simply does a slight zoom and increases accuracy).

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Its overall performance is the same as in the first Bad Company, but with a 30 round magazine, higher recoil and the ability to use iron sights. It has exactly the same stats as the 9A-91 Avtomat but slightly higher recoil, and is silenced as well.

Trivia

 * In Bad Company, it is unrealistically given a 60 round capacity, which is impossible with the appearance of its 30 round magazine.
 * The SCAR-L is considered an SMG in Battlefield: Bad Company and in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is strange as it fires rifle ammunition.
 * It is odd that both the SCAR and the XM8 are both usable in game, as the XM8 and SCAR as well as a number of other rifles competed for the title of the next standard issue rifle to be used by SOCOM.
 * The SCAR-L can be found on dead Russian soldiers quite commonly in Bad Company 2, which is strange as it is only used currently by select US forces.