The Ares Defense Shrike Advanced Weapon System, also known as the AWS, is an air-cooled, dual-feed light machine gun based on the AR-15 platform that fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. It has the ability to be fed from either a magazine or a belt, similar to earlier versions of the FN Minimi/M249 SAW.
The Ares-16 AMG variant appeared in Battlefield 4 as AWS and FightLite MCR variant appeared in Battlefield 2042 as DFR Strife.[1]
Battlefield 4[]
— In-game description
The AWS is a weapon featured in Battlefield 4, introduced in the Naval Strike expansion. It is unlocked upon completion of the Swiss Cheese assignment. It has a high rate of fire, low recoil and average damage, with a capacity of 100 + 1 rounds.
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Battlefield 2042[]
— In-game description
The DFR Strife is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2042, introduced in Turning Point season. It is available as part of Update 7.2 (Season 7) and can be unlocked by earning 80 ribbons during Death from Above event and by completing assignments afterwards.
The weapon is unique among other light machine guns for being able to choose between box magazine or belt-feed system.
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Ammunition types | 0-49m | 50-74m | 75-99m | 100-149m | >150m |
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Standard Issue / Beltfed Standard Issue Standard Issue / Extended |
23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
High-Power High-Power / Beltfed |
23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 |
Subsonic Subsonic / Beltfed |
23 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
Armor Piercing / Beltfed | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 17 |
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Factory Default |
Carbon Series DFR Strife Mastery 1 (T5) | ||
Tier 1 DFR Strife Mastery 40 (T1) |
Equalizer 500 BFC (Weapon Skin) 1,750 BFC (United Force Bundle) 3,500 BFC (Joint Task Force 7 Bundle) | ||
Firebolt 500 BFC (Weapon Skin) 1,750 BFC (Sunbreakers Bundle) |
Ciphered Curse 500 BFC (Weapon Skin) 1,750 BFC (Flames of Ascension Bundle) |
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Battlefield 4[]
- The AWS' mastery dog tag features a vertical grip.
- Along with the other weapons of the first three expansions for Battlefield 4, the AWS actually has an in-game description, but it can only be viewed when the weapon is unlocked at the end of a round or if it is equipped in a gadget slot using external tools.