XM8 Prototype

Overview	BC	Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Overview	Play4Free	2042

"An experimental US military project, the XM8 fully automatic rifle was created with unique versatility, allowing the operator to perform quick repairs and barrel changes in a hot spot."

— In-game description.

The XM8 Prototype is a weapon featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Singleplayer[]

The XM8 Prototype is the first gun the player receives once taking control of Marlowe. Bad Company seems to have adopted it as their primary assault weapon since it is used by Redford and Haggard, and Marlowe in cutscenes. The XM8 is always equipped with a scope (the version Marlowe uses), but the unscoped version can be found by a fallen Marine laying next to the fence by the ambush point in the level High Value Target. There is another fallen Marine by the humvee, but the player can not pick up the weapon from him. Follow the fence and the player should see another deceased Marine and his weapon laying beside him.

Multiplayer[]

The XM8 Prototype requires 3,000 points to be unlocked for the Assault kit. The XM8 is fully automatic and has 30 rounds in a magazine. The gun is well balanced, having medium accuracy, above average damage and a steady rate of fire. It has the XM320 grenade launcher attached and a red dot sight or 4X scope can be attached to the weapon. With the 4X scope the XM8 can prove very effective at medium to long range. As such, it is very common online.

Its notable stats are its recoil, which is the among highest and most accurate of the assault rifles, and its reload animation time, which is the fastest of the assault rifles, however others can reload faster by reload cancelling.

It is very effective at all ranges and remains competitive with SMGs at close range. However, to maintain accuracy, burst firing the weapon manually is recommended, because there is a considerate recoil when firing fully automatic at range. The recoil of this gun resets before the visual recoil does, especially when using iron sights. Therefore, firing a second burst just before the sights line up again will still hit the target and can give you a higher chance in winning a fire fight at medium range.