M6A2

"The latest model of the M-Type carbine rifle that has been designed for modern battle environments. A Rail Integration System (RIS) and lightweight construction make this Assault Rifle a solid choice in combat."

- The Arsenal

The LWRC International M6A2 is an assault rifle released in the 12-23-09 Patch.

It currently requires First Lieutenant III to unlock. It also has an NX variant, the M6A2-SRT.

This gun holds 35 rounds in a normal magazine, the first assault rifle to do so. It also has a faster reload than most other assault weapons, similar to the M417. The player simply ejects the magazine and pops in another one without pulling the charging handle, resulting in a rather speedy reload; a player can reload a M6A2 with the same time it takes to reload a M4A1 without extended magazines. Its draw animation, however, shows the player pulling the charging handle. It performs very much like the M416. It can be customized with the piston, barrel and trigger upgrades.

Trivia

 * This weapon is created by the Land Warfare Resources Corporation (LWRC) and is based on the M4A1. That corporation has also created the M6 series of weapons, including this one. The other guns in those series are the M6, the M6A1 (both look most like the M4, but are outfitted with a short-stroke gas piston system which appears on all of the weapons from the M6 series, and the A1 can accept SOPMOD modifications), the M6A3 (which is designed to be a Designated Marksman Weapon, or DMR) and the M6A4 (which is designed as a Squad Automatic Weapon, just like the MINIMI). A police variant also exists: the LWRC PSD.
 * Like the REC7, this gun fires the 6.8mm round. This should mean greater damage over the M416 CQB, but this is not true in-game. Additionally, this should mean less rounds are carried in the magazine than the M4/M16 instead of more, due to the increased width of the 6.8mm round compared to the 5.56mm round used by the M4/M16, as well as the SCAR-L, K2, M416, etc.
 * The GP M6A2 works the same way as NX variant M6A2 SRT in terms of game play usage. The only difference is the portability and a slight increase in damage.
 * The M6A2 series features aftermarket accessories that bears near-exact resemblance to parts made by real-life firearms company Magpul Industries (includes the butt stock, pistol grip, and probably the rounded trigger guard); this company is better known to have created the concept of the ACR assault rifle before selling the blueprints to other companies to improve and mass-produce it.
 * The M6A2 has very slight improvements to accuracy and portability compared to the M4A1.