Battlefield 4 - AWS LMG Review: The Best Light Machine Gun
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Hey guys today we get to look at the newly released LMG for the Naval Strike expansion.
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Oh look, the M16A3 with 100 rounds.
Yep
mad?
He doesn't sound mad...
+John John lol
yo i was just searching my buddy his name starts with john someting i don't know exactly what it was but hey john
I thought I would never get this gun yesterday so I was like "least I got the M249 and MG4" I go onto battlefield today to see "naval strike now free"
ikr I'm already working on getting the aws
and even though the aws got nerfed slightly this video is still relevant because it's still basically the same still
+Laynard Kitchens how did it get nerfed
+carlos marquez idk for sure but the upwards recoil or something got increased slightly
levelcap made a video on it
+Laynard Kitchens oh ok thanks
I got it in 20 minutes on a 24/7 shanghai server
"Like an ACE 23 with a 100 round mag"
Jesus fucking Christ
Lol
+Bram Holyoake he said both
Ikr it is. Sound pretty op
it got nerfed a bit since this review not as good but still a great weapon
Jesus Christ it's Jason borne
'Eventually you'll get three vehicle kills'
Ahahah you could kill vehicles a year ago? Man, that sounds amazing.
+Elijah Talmud wut
+✮Marethyu✮ c4 was nerfed
Rip
It seems like vehicles just eat up too much damage now universally.
Yeah, nearly every anti-vehicle launcher and weapon had got nerfed so it's hard to destroy these vehicles
I don't feel the nerf since I usually put 2 to 3 C4s on a tank which for me usually disables or destroys the vehicle. This is for tanks and apcs.
who remebers when lmg's like this were for the medic class
Its_Purple when was that
Oh yeah
CT Spoder bad company series
BF P4F
Levelcap, the reason the lower resembles a M4, is because the weapon utilizes a full auto M16/M4 lower.
The Ares "Shrike" Advanced Weapon System is actually just the upper, which attaches to AR-15 based lowers. It's a genius concept, made to be a quick way of getting LMG capabilities, without having to carry an additional machine gun, but rather just the upper.. then attaching that to the lower of the rifle you've already got with you!
And that very reason is why it looks like an M16 with a 100 Beta mag, because, well...it essentially is. That's why I found myself thinking that its AR damage model and suppression may have been on purpose because its not a "true" LMG. Despite all the crap we give them, DICE actually does know what they're doing. Its just that people bitch and moan and the Nerf Army starts complaining when a good gun in the real world is represented accurately in the game. Without even using the weapon, and just from this video (granted, it is LevelCap using it and he ends up making the worst guns look good), this thing is going to be one of the Nerf Army's prime targets.
Judging by your review, this gun will be nerfed soon.
probable yeah lol
***** How .. how is the DAO, a SHOTGUN, the new G36?
yeah the DAO-12 darts got nerfed to 9 pellets so its bad now :(
LevelCapGaming They nefed the DAO darts! God dammit, i just unlocked it just a week ago!
Ofc it gets nerfed because this one cockface known as levelcap compares it to Ace 23, and meanwhile they do nothing to Ace 23.
The AWS is actually a light machine gun mod for the M16 and M4 variants.
those dang slower capacity weapons!
this gun is so OP i fucking love it. new favorite gun
I still love MG4 and M249!
See this is why we can't have nice things
What'd you mean?
Lol, LevelCap's name in this video was PatchTheNetcode XD.
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Nice chain.
LevelCap, this thing isn't an Ares-16. The Ares-16 SPW is a receiver modification for the M-16 platform that converts the standard M-16 from an assault rifle role into a high capacity IAR role.
This is an Ares Shrike AAR, which is a hybrid weapon featuring components of both the M-16 and M249. It's quite a bit lighter than the M27 IAR, which is the weapon that it is intended to replace, which would explain the superior handling in-game than other LMG's (since it's *not* an LMG, rather a high-capacity, dual-feed assault rifle).
notice around 2:43 The game had no sound and you could hear the game's theme??
THis shit has got to fucking stop dice!
I new BF4 would have problems as soon as they announced so soon after BF3
AlphaCentauri How does that have to do with anything? Was there any doubt in your mind that there wouldn't be another battlefield? Of course there was going to be! The sooner they work on it the better in fact, because there is more time to get it polished!
who cares, i gave up on bf4, infact i gave up on every single fuckin ea game ever, there a pile of fuckin greedy asswipes
BaLisTic GuNZ I'm guessing you're a BIG fan of Rockstar?!? Not. Jk, I know how you feel, GTA 5 has really become an expensive game to play in my opinion.
Joel Gonzalez what?
If they do nerf, just make sure its still the most accurate LMG
Just watch this gun get nerfed like the rest of the DLC weapons.
I guess you could say that this gun is AWS-ome...
BADUM TSS...
I just unlocked it, I can't wait to try it out this weekend!
I really loved the L86A2 and the G36 LMG back in bf3. This gun is like both of them got together and had a sweet baby.
Come on Level cap...you're better than that! 1:28
Don't teabag your teammates like the noob...
Before anyone comes to the comments read this if you can't unlock the gun; You MUST be on PC and have premium, playing on any of the 4 consoles and you can't unlock it (oddly), the assignments for ANY of the Navel Strike guns can't be viewed on battlelog, also just to make sure the maps for Naval strike are not out yet and no platform can play on them, the most likely reason the guns are out is to balance them out before going to consoles. Lastly there are draw backs to this gun, it doesn't have the lmg suppression model and instead has the assault rifle one, the reload time is fairly long especially if there is no round chambered and the gun is no were near as accurate or versatile as an assault rifle or carbine.
i thought it was a boat map pack not a orange and tangerine fight
Naval Strike* And yes.. The assignments CAN be viewed on Battlelog on PC.
ohkk thats why i cabt get i\th guns
iFragwar Seems like it change since I lasted check, thanks for the heads up
wait so can you get the weapons on console now if your premium now or not ? plz reply
This information is no longer accurate. They nerfed the fuck out of it last patch because of the whiners (like the ones we see here in the comments).
Nope, the last patch didn't touch it...
fibreoptik Because it was OP*
Wow this guns was the only reason I played as support fucking assaultards
They killed the G36C as well by making it's firerate 150 rpm slower.
One of my favorite Guns in the Support Class.
Hey LevelCap! I discovered a way in the Battlefield 4 Second Assault expansion to easily take off from those pesky runways. If you are in the F35 stealth jet, or any other stealth jet, just simply hold the left trigger, and you will take off vertically without using the runway.
Hope this helps!
1:49 DID YOU HEAR THAT GUYS! IT HAS A SLOWER MAGAZINE CAPACITY! *clapping* xD
Looks like the Stoner from Black Ops.
Yeah a real stoner if I must say 😏
No it doesn't lol
I love this gun. Kinda reminds me of the Patriot from MGS :)
alot of the weapons in those game are real world weapons with a name change. a few minutes of googling and you might have found the real world equivalent to the entire arsenal
What? I know that, I'm pretty confident I can name every weapon of MGS and BF when I see them, actually I'm no even sure what you're trying to say.... I was just noting that with the obviously AR15-platform inspired design and the magazine shape, the AWS really looked like the Bosse's weapon in MGS3. God I swear comments these days.....
Hoped for something like this. Beltfeeds are for bipods. If you move around, you'd totally want an m4 with a beta c-mag.
you can open battlepacks while in-game too.
that's how i got my coyote sight for this gun.
just hit esc while in-game and you'll see batttlepack as an option.
Does this remimds anyome else of The Patriot used by the boss in MGS3
Totally does! :D
I think i will stick with my M60 and PKP Pecheneg i prefer to play a more defensive support roll but the AWS will be nice on the new maps.
anyone on 360 able to unlock the NS weapons cause i cant
sir you have an M60, you go to the front of that line and mow people down >:(
SirBeast1992 I prefer to move to a high traffic area and bipod up on the tight maps, especially when you can bipod up on metro and be a 1 man stomping crew.
How does the double drums remind you of g36c? mg36 comes to my mind...
he meant mg36 -_-
He probably meant the MG36, just probably forgot that it starts with MG-, not G-
This was my MG of choice in GRAW2 so nice to see it again
LVL , at 2:46 you said G36 , not MG36
Too bad they nerfed it so hard it feels like a pellet gun now.
While I admit, it looks cooler than the two belt-fed LMGs...Nothing, and I mean nothing beats the M60E4. Because Rambo.
Levelcap, I prefer sound in your videos just as long as I can still hear you, which was the case in this video. Plus, I just like to hear weapons, and overall sounds add to the experience of your videos.
Many "assault rifles" do in fact fire the same round as LMGs. Traditionally the only real difference between an LMG and an AR is the length of the barrel. Whereas an AR normally has a 16 to 18" barrel, an LMG has a 20 to 24" barrel. Aside from that an LMG and an AR are essentially the same exact platform.
Not entirely. True, they have a longer barrel, but it's also thicker and a lot heavier. Take for example, the M27 IAR. It's really just a beefed up M416. They run on nearly identical platforms with some minor discrepancies. LMGs typically fire the 7.62 NATO round, but many developers have opted to use 5.56 NATO cartridge for Coalition troops since it's more widely available. For instance, the M249 is capable of accepting the standard STANAG or AR type magazine. There are a lot of different variables when it comes to these two weapon catagories.
In some cases, yes. But does that make an Uzi an LMG? Cuz last time I checked, it too fired from an open bolt. Now, what I forgot to mention, was the difference between an LMG and an LSW (light support weapon). The L86A1 LSW, the M27 IAR, and the MG36 are all examples of an LSW. They have smaller, assault rifle cousins: the L85A2, the M416, and the G36. It's essentially the same gun, bigger.
There are exceptions to every rule. But generally speaking, the barrel length is the only real difference.
It's an H&K M416. I've personally fired one on full-auto. It was a blast.
unitedgray Ehh... LMGs are typically belt-fed. You should research this a bit more.
damn good looking gun! reminds me a lot of the MG36
Lol. I don't think you know how the MG36 looks.
ZaredoPSN He meant the magazine style....
Cant really see it when the weapon is shouldered but I dig that Magpul CTR stock.
ITS A BETA MAG. WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING FUCKING DRUM
Because they are the kind of people who gets clips mixed up with magazines. And yes, those are two completely different things.
Relax captain caps lock.
SwaffyX Oh no, my quality as a person is somewhat diminished because I can't differentiate the difference between a clip and a magazine. Sorry my life doesn't revolve around an object that is intended to harm another human being
oh shut up feinstien.
Jesus Christ you guys are nerds
I really wanna see the new Sniper rifle! :D
Go to Jackfrags channel for a quick look at it.
I wanna see Level Cap showing it, not JackFrags
rasmusgundorph then I guess you're gonna have to wait.
I know :c
rasmusgundorph It fucking SUCKS!
Battlefield should let you use an extended mag accessory slot for a 200 rd M249 belt with 7.3 second reload and have a 20" barrel with Heavy Barrel that increases the bullet velocity. The Ares-16 AMG-1 has a 16" (in) interchangable quick change barrel.
levelcap I just want to say thank you for all the videos you put out I dont what I would do if I didnt watch them thank you B-)
Who knows about the ammo thing. No one ever knows what DICE's intentions are with anything because they never actually give full information about ANYTHING. Come on DICE, we need transparency...
you said it has the same rpm as the ace 23 but the ace 23 has an rmp of 770 while the aws has an rpm of 800
The stats in battlelog are incorrect. The weapon actually has 780 RPM.
oh ok sorry
MG4 is still better than AWS in my opinion,
4:23 - "The battlepacks don't show up in Battlelog."
7:00 - You clearly earn a battlepack for this LMG.
Hopefully they rectify this situation on Battlelog. Missing battlepacks suck! Had this problem with the M60 for a time. Three days later I finally get the missing battlepacks.
Try the LSAT w/
Holo
Magnifier
R2 Suppressor
stubby grip
Secondary:
P226 w/
Delta
Tri-beam laser
QSW-06 Suppressor
C4
Ammo box
Defensive F.U.
I use this as an aggressive stealth tactic and works quite well and the hip fire for close quarters is perfect
I wonder when dice will patch and destroy this gun
Was thinking the same thing
***** Even so if you control well the fire rate you can get the same recoil and accuracy pre-patch. Great gun indeed.
dont hate
Is hit detection any better after patch? LMG's are worthless unless this is fixed..
not on ps3 that I can tell but i could be incorrect
I hardly used LMG's because (not sure if it was just me) they were so inaccurate. But after the latest patch I seem to be doing better.
I don't know, it might have been that I was using crap LMG's
I felt the exact same thing. I would aim at somebody, shoot, and was supposed to be hitting the person but it would not give me any hits and they would just kill me. I thought they were broken also. Glad im not the only one.
xplosion456 were all in this together
germanvsusa I hate that song.
you can unlock the naval strike guns?
idk I think it's only on pc
elijah ferrel I'm sure its on Consoles also
yep but i didn't unlock all china rising and second asault assignements ^^
but i can get all this guns without the Naval Strike DLC or i need to be Premium?
premium
I unlocked this whil doing the make a dent assignment........I was pleasantly surprised when it came up on my screen complete!
i unlocked the naval strike huns yesterday..for assault and support class..and really they are OP..i could feel it when i was killing people like anything...with an iron sights..definitely better than other support class guns..
I want M27 IAR with 100 rounds in BF4
They actually probably won't change it if they are looking for realism. This gun, for those who play CoD as well, is the same gun as the M27-IAR. The AWS is just another variant. In real life it uses lighter rounds and it a glorified assault rifle not really meant to be used in a traditional LMG role. The real life ones in their normal configurations fire AR rounds. That is probably why it doesn't get the full LMG buff. The gun is amazing though. I just got 48 kills on a map I have never done better than 27 on. Great gun.
you are fucking dumb, its not a m27iar . you so stupid . you think you know what your talking about
***** He's right #dosomeresearch
Well in that case they did a damn good job, because it feels like an assault rifle with 100 projectiles of happiness in the mag
Thank you for the info. Very cool.
Don't like that you used cod as a reference XD but very good research you had your shit backed up and makes sense.
Another sound bug in BF4? You don't say.
Yeah, its always the first TDM game on a server... Stick around for a second game on that server and the sound bug goes away. But a lot of people usually leave at the end of a round so there's that...
Vmt16 well i had played on a tdm server and the sound bug always started after one of the teams had hit the 100 kills mark
8:15 Good job guys!
We have to use both chopper & APC in Levelcap's face to take him down lol
Lvl cap I would like to say that this gun is a beast I ranked up 10 times in one day at level 51
Every time I see this I think of
American
Welding
Society
The AWS is a M416 with more ammo
No its a m16 with more ammo
Reed Cicero no it's an Ace 23 with more ammo
Uhm in real life the aws is a modified m16..
Look at the gun
Reed Cicero excluding looks obviously
Me and I know that this will get patched, sadly. I'm over using it
This gun is hella fun. The only LMG that seems to actually hit targets long distance and not have your bullets hit everything but where your bullseye is set. It also always seems to have a nice run of ammo an swaps out quickly. So far it's my new favorite LMG next to the M60. You also move around at a good pace with it. The downside is it seems to take hundreds of bullets to down someone.
Started reusing this thing recently, and I found that it has even lower recoil that when I last used it.
Can we unlock this on consoles yet?
I think pc can only do it
Nope youv gotta wait until DLC drops
Okay, thanks.
I haven't found anyone wwhit them guns on ps4,. thats wierd dude
Well anyway, I have an Xbox One.
You just can't help but laugh now at how pathetic the DICE developers seem to be. "Oh, here's some new DLCs and new weapons! :D But sorry, some of the new weapons are bugged and have false stats. Whoops. Don't worry, we'll patch it BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR." I've lost so much faith in Dice with this game... Did their budget get cut and they were forced to cut out all their game testers? Cause it seriously seems like it.
ikr. If this shit keeps up, im just gonna make CS:GO my main game, which battlefield 4 is right now.
When it first released there was a bug that made the game instant crash when you fired a flashbang from an underbarrel of an assault rifle.
There was obviously never anyone firing it like that before the game launched...
LasseK
Seems like such a simple thing right? But I guess nobody on the DICE team ever tested it...
Jordan Saddia
stfu and deal with it? If I paid money for something I expect it to work as advertised. If the community doesnt raise alarm and get angry, then DICE assumes we are content with the state of the game as-is right now.
Jordan Saddia we paid for a product and we expect it to work. Simple as that.
Random game ending sound?
+Lord Spectrum Old glitched bf4 used to have.
+Omega watch out we got a yoda over here!!!
English good I do. Yes?
Actually, his grammar is mostly correct. However, the "best" version of his sentence would most likely be "It's an old glitch that bf4 used to have." :D
(Just conversational, not confrontational)
Its all good, I had a few drinks when I typed that reply.
Thanks for the wonderful review. Appreciated.
I'm running the AWS a bit different, using the 3.4x scope, laser sight and heavy barrel. However, I kept using the bi pod on it. The combo is a bit weird, but between the absolutely epic looking visual, it allows you to have the equivalent of a mobile .50 cal that can easily hit up to 200 meters. I haven't even tried the stubby grip because the bi pod works so well.
but anyways i miss the m27 ...
I find it stupidly funny that Dice thinks that a LMG and assault rifles shoot with the muzzle speed as Sniper Rifles!!!!!
I find it stupidly funny that OP clearly has never shot a gun or studied firearms and therefore doesn't understand that the 5.56mm travels faster than a 7.62mm and is on par with .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua. DICE has unrealistically slowed bullet velocities and bullet drop. LMGs and Assault Rifles can shoot and cannot shoot faster than sniper rifles because it depends on 3 things: the bullet size, the bullet load (is it a heavy bullet or light), and the barrel length.
ArchangelFA18 dont forget how much powder is in the load
The AWS is an overpowerd M.G and i think that it should be nerfed because when you go head to head with a player that have an AWS you will be dead before yo even know it . Going head to head agenst a player with the AWS is suicide
And they do, LOL.... LOVE MINE, its' all I use.....
I go head to head all the time and I always win because of my spas.12 with slug rounds.
Well thanks to the ASSaultards it has been nerfed slightly. i will admit the low recoil seems off for an LMG, how ever it's build as mentioned by level is some what like a M4. there where plenty of balance factors though so it wasn't totally OP like you say. example unlike the mentioned ACE-23 has better on the move fire, the AWS gets an LMG movement penalty, also it only has a 100 round mag compared to the 200 round of alot of LMGs. IF it had a 200 round mag it would have been broken. also AWS has assault rifle suppresion not LMG so there is that as a balance factor.
I am not sure whether having assault rifle damage model and suppression is a bug. If you would add those to this gun, there would be pretty much no reason to ever use any other LMG. As it stands, I think you can still make a case for the MG4/M249 for example due to the slightly higher RPM and the suppression.
LevelCapGaming Could you do a review of all the grip attachments and what combinations to use in specific situations?
I can't believe this guy whines about net code all the time, if I had hit registration like his I would delete all my other games lol.
Good thing that the "netcode" is alwayz unlocked! So how can u call it the best light machine gun Level cap.... the "netcode" is the best! fuck all the unlockable thinguies..
Is it just me or is lvl getting boring by the minute?
I think he is to, he needs more airsoft I like that
yea I love airsoft...these gun reviews... not so much.. may be its because I already know first hand how the gun is so I feel like I am being told OVER and OVER again the same thing... or may be he is just boring nowadyas!
0:10 meanwhile I can be running and jumping behind the tank 4 buildings away and I still die
I hated using support, but wanted to get better at it. When I got this gun, my support service stars went up crazily fast.
I hate LMGs, 70% of my deaths are from them. I refuse to use them because they are so OP
Perhaps you always end up on LMG mid-range territory? Perhaps there's more enemy support than any other classes? I mean, the QBB, Type 88 and U100 are FAR from OP...
They hardly impair movement, its likes an assault rifle or carbine with tons of ammo. and I'm mostly referring to the LMGs he brought up in the video.
ACoolStupidDog Not sure what you're thinking of but those 3 guns are very nice at medium distance. The QBB and U100 handle better than some assault rifles do and the Type 88 is a laser if you tap fire it.
Roger J I love them! But, they are not OP at all. I'm a big U100 fan...
Peter Bishop Although LMG's are very powerful at mid-range, they do not overpower assault rifles overall. Assault rifles have better hip fires and generally higher RPM for close quarters. Also, assault rifles have a little higher accuracy, making burst fire kills more plausible at long ranges.
Big nerf incoming next patch.
I don't like this gun, so overpowered.
It's not
Infamosucarlos10 Well tobe honest it is. It has the rounds of an LMG, the recoil of the the Ace 23, and 800 RPM. LMG's shouldn't be fantastic at all ranges. If the bumped the recoil up alittle, not a ton, it would be more balanced
You want more power.
TheWalkingDusty Who said LMGs shouldn't be fantastic at all ranges? I snipe people with the m240b :D I've won distant fights against snipers.
Bruno Naletto ...on bf3 I was sniping snipers with a lmg bipod with a rifle scope O_O...... kinda sad they don't have a lmg that can get one of them as far as I know : /
Rip. This gun was amazing till the nerf, still great. But i prefer the lsat now for 0 recoil or m240b for power
it looks like an M4 because it is one. Literally, it's a modification kit that you apply to an M4 to allow it to accept belts, if I'm not mistaken.
patchthenetcode lol
Am i the only one who thinks BF4 got WORSE after the update?
They ruined the Eotech with those horrible extra dots. Use to be one of my favourite sights but now there is too much clutter on it. :(
It's that damn weird glow that gets me...
I always choose support over assault because of C4. And this gun makes it so much easier.
With the patches this gun is even better with 800 rpm instead of 780 rpm and some other things where also changed so now this gun is op
the aws, mg4, m249, and -l86a2- are for weak people who are cowards in *video games*
Or people like playing support and being able to match an AR.
Oh look..another little kid who's mad because he gets killed by LMG's. You probably break a lot of controllers getting mad at this game huh? What a little baby.
And ur a dumbass.
Dr Flopper that's exactly what you are. A flop with your stomach falling over your waist
What counts as not being a coward in your book? A Shotgun w/ slugs?
i was first having attachments as muzzle brake and stubby grip and there was such a huge glitch while having that...i mean you would actually see the hit marker or even when hip firing you can see you are accurate but couldnt get the kills..and the health of opponent was 100. pfff..then i switch to suppressor and stubby grip and boy o boy..its so darn accurate again..i mean its almost like you can hold down the fire for some 50 bullets and then pause and again fire....its dat accurate..loving it.
Can't waite to give it a try.. keep the videos comning
I cannot wait to unlock this gun on PS4! Beast mode engaged.
This weapon uses the ar 15 weapon plattform that the m4 and m16 use too.
That is why it looks and handles like an assault rifle with 100 rounds in the magazine.
I think the m249 saw is the best. Same caliber as the aws same recoil except it has 200 rounds instead of only 100
you can also destroy enemy equipment (mortars, motion sensors, etc.) to unlock this as i did unlock this in a round of DOM.
"I think we're going to see a lot of people running with the AWS once they just figure out the power behind it." Or once Levelcap tells them.
After they fixed the hip-to-ads fire accuracy bug, the MG4 has become my muse. quad kills and room clears are the name of the game.
Even after all the patches and everything, this is probably one of my favorite weapons in any game
I think that what dice did was they gave the assault class the AR160 which was more of a LMG and the support class the AWS which was more of an assault rifle