M416
The HK416, (referred to as the M416 in-game) is an assault rifle/carbine type weapon in BATTLEGROUNDS. A tactical rifle based on the discontinued XM8-project as an improvement of both the M16/AR-15 and the M4 Carbine, it integrates the short-stroke gas piston system from the G36 rifle for less recoil and increased reliability. Adopted by the militaries of several countries across the world, in BATTLEGROUNDS it proves very popular due to the number of attachments it can accept, allowing a great amount of flexibility.
Summary
Compared to the other 5.56mm assault rifles, in its unmodified state the M416 is fairly similar to the others besides its slightly faster rate of fire compared to the SCAR-L, however its strong points are the fact that it can accept the most modifications of any of the assault rifles, accepting muzzle, magazine, stock, lower and upper rail attachments, as well has having exceptional stability, only bested by the AUG. A fully modified M416 is therefore highly sought after as its very low recoil allows for controllable fully automatic fire, even with a 4x ACOG Scope attached.
The M416 will deal maximum damage out to 60 meters, with damage reaching a minimum at 445 meters.
| “ | Germans do things properly. | ” |
| ~ In-game description |
Update history
- Damage increase: 40 → 41
- Initial bullet speed increase: 780m/s → 880m/s
- Damage drop-off range increased: 50m → 60m
Update #49 (Season 10 - Update 10.2)
- Adjusted the reload animations of M416, Scar-L, QBZ, G36C to better match the reload speeds.
- The reload animations adjustments are a follow-up to the Balance tweaks to the 556 guns in the 9.2 November update.
Update #47 (Season 9 - Update 9.2)
We are constantly listening to your feedback and discussing community sentiment internally. After careful review, we agree with many of you that the Beryl adjustment with 9.1 update wasn't effective enough at reducing the strength of the Beryl in relation to other ARs and have made the following follow up adjustments this patch:
- To reduce the difference in reload speed of Beryl with M416, SCAR-L, QBZ, G36C following adjustments were made.
- Magazine reload times of M416, SCAR-L, QBZ, G36C has been decreased by 10%.
Update #45 (Season 8 - Update 8.3) - vN/A
- M416 Sound Adjustment [1]
Update #44 (Season 8 - Update 8.2) - vN/A
- M416 has been remodeled from scratch to improve their visual quality. Along with their visual update, weapon sounds of these weapons has been overhauled.
Update #41 (Season 7 - Update 7.2)
- Increase reload time
- Decreased base damage by 1 (41 → 40)
- Decreased muzzle velocity from 880 m/s to 780 m/s
- Changed damage curve distances from 60m – 450m to 50m – 350m
Update #31 (Season 4 - Update 4.1)
- Rebalanced AR's so none is the “objective” best—the power differential between each is now reduced, but each brings advantages to different situations.
- Restricted big scopes (8x and up) for use with all AR's.
- Slightly decreased the damage of the M416.
- Increased reload time by 30% for the M416.
- Decreased recoil recovery rate.
- Added new recoil animations.
Early Access (Month 2 Update) - v2.3.28
- Modified recoil for the M416.
Attachments
The following are attachable to this firearm:
Lower Rail -
| Image | Name |
|---|---|
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Angled Foregrip (AR, SMG, DMR) |
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Half Grip |
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Laser Sight |
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Light Grip |
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Thumb Grip |
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Vertical Foregrip |
Magazines -
| Image | Name |
|---|---|
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Extended Mag (AR, DMR, S12K) |
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Extended QuickDraw Mag (AR, DMR, S12K) |
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QuickDraw Mag (AR, DMR, S12K) |
Muzzle -
| Image | Name |
|---|---|
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Compensator (AR, DMR, S12K) |
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Flash Hider (AR, DMR, S12K) |
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Suppressor (AR, DMR, S12K) |
Sights -
| Image | Name |
|---|---|
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2x Aimpoint Scope |
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3x Backlit Scope |
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4x ACOG Scope |
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6x Scope |
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Canted sight |
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Holographic Sight |
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Red Dot Sight |
Stocks -
| Image | Name |
|---|---|
|
Tactical Stock |
Master list
The following are all attachments available for this weapon. They are sorted alphabetically with no regard to the attachment point utilized.
Trivia
- The M416 is modeled on the 14.5 inch barrel variant of the HK416. While this gun's designation as M416 rather than HK416 would imply service usage within the U.S. military, this is often done in video games to avoid copyright issues.
- The fire selector switch has settings for safe, semi-auto and full-auto represented as NO PEW, PEW and PEW PEW PEW respectively.
- In the context of PUBG, this gun is often referred to as an M4 (i.e. Colt M4 Carbine) even though both rifles have very little in common, although this is purely for simplicity and speed.
- It's share the iron sight with AUG, and share the animations for SCAR-L and M16A4.
Gallery
In-game
UI icon
Inventory tooltip from the alpha version of BATTLEGROUNDS.
Inventory tooltip from the beta version of BATTLEGROUNDS.
Tooltip within the in-game inventory menu prior to Update 1.0.
Easter Egg, "Pew Pew Pew."
Iron sight
Real-life counterpart
The M416 in real life.
Weapon audio
| Audio Type | Firing Mode | Track preview |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | M4 single fire | |
| Normal | M4 full-auto | |
| Suppressed | M4 single fire | |
| Suppressed | M4 full-auto |
References
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