L96A1

The L96A1 is a bolt-action sniper rifle created by the British company Accuracy International and fielded by British and German forces. The L96A1 is British designation of the standard AW rifle. The AW rifle has derivatives which can fire the 7.62x51mm NATO, .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua cartridges. In the Battlefield series, it fires the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.

It is featured in Battlefield Play4Fre e , Battlefield 2, and Battlefield 3.

Battlefield 2: Euro Force
The L96A1 is the default sniper rifle for the European Union. Its spread values are identical to, with the exception of the M24, rifles of the same class, with a zoomed spread of 0.05 and spread increase of 3.5 per round. It is most similar to the M24, whose rate of fire, damage, and magazine size are identical to the L96A1's. Both rifles are always capable of killing in two direct hits, at a maximum, with a minimum of one headshot for an instant kill.

Battlefield Play4Free
This L96A1 is a purchasable weapon in Battlefield Play4Free. It features large magazine, medium damage, fast reload and the highest rate of fire amongst bolt-action sniper rifles. It is unlocked at level 24. It is more suited to quick recon and urban sniping.

Battlefield 3
The L96 is a sniper rifle in ''Battlefield 3. It is available, along with 9 other weapons, through the Back to Karkand'' expansion, and made its first appearance in the "Strike at Karkand Gameplay Trailer". It has a faster magazine reload, but slower bolt cycle, than the SV98. The L96's rounds travel faster in the air, and thus, the bullets drop less at longer ranges. This gives it a somewhat similar bullet drop pattern to that of the JNG-90. It is unlocked after completing the Assignment Creeping Death. To complete the assignment, you need to get:


 * 50 headshots
 * 50 spot assists
 * 5 knife takedowns

Among the bolt action rifles in Battlefield 3, The L96 Has the third-fastest velocity of the bolt action sniper rifles (540 meters/second). It is the most comparable to the JNG-90. However, the JNG-90 has more starting ammunition, 20m/s faster velocity and has a faster bolt reload time, making it the more effective of the two. However, the L96 has less recoil and better hip fire accuracy with the suppressor.

Battlefield Premium members can equip the Airman Camo for the L96, or the Digital Woodland Camo by completing the L96 Specialist assignment, though they are entirely optional and the differences are aesthetic only.

Patch history
The L96 was the only bolt-action sniper that could mount a Flash Suppressor (which is no longer an option as of the March 27th Patch for the PS3 and Xbox 360). When the Flash Suppressor was equipped onto the L96, the accuracy of the weapon, aimed or otherwise, was not affected at all, whereas on other weapons the Flash Suppressor did decrease accuracy. Following the 3/27/12 patch, however, the Flash Suppressor no longer reduces Aimed Accuracy on any weapon.

As of the recent large update, the L96 has had its damage changed and has a new chest multiplier of 1.25. With 80 damage at close range it will kill in one shot to the chest. It also means that in hardcore game modes, it will be able to kill in one shot to the chest at any range.

Before the June 4th 2012 patch, the point of aim on the L96 was vertically offset (with the possible exception of some rifle scopes), due to a bug. This caused shots to be fired from a point above the center of the sight the player was using, throwing off one's aim. The iron sights are now aligned with the top of the post (but not with the dot on the post).

Trivia
The QBU-88, L96, JNG-90, and M417 are the only sniper rifles not to have scopes attached on their respective proficiency dogtag.