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Best Assault Rifles and Assault Rifles List

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This is a list of all Assault Rifles in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). Read on to learn more about the stats of each Assault Rifle and how to unlock them!

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Best Assault Rifles
List of All Assault Rifles
How to Use Assault Rifles
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Best Assault Rifles

MCW: Best All-Around Assault Rifle with Exceptional Default Base Stats
RAM-7: Fastest Rate-of-Fire among Assault Rifles
DG-56: Best Accuracy and Time-to-Kill in the Assault Rifle category.

MCW

Modern Warfare 3 - MCW

The MCW is the most well-rounded Assault Rifle as its default stats for damage output, accuracy, range, and rate-of-fire are all already above average even without any attachments kitted on it.

Best MCW Loadout and Build

RAM-7

Modern Warfare 3 - RAM-7

Introduced in Season 1, the RAM-7 is a formidable weapon when used upclose and personal as it has the fastest rate-of-fire out of all the Assault Rifles, and you can definitely melt your opponents in just mere seconds upon encountering them.

Best RAM-7 Loadout and Build

DG-56

Modern Warfare 3 - DG-56

The DG-56 probably has the best accuracy among the Assault Rifles due to its 3-Round Burst Fire mode. Time-to-Kill is also quick since you can take out opponents with a single burst to the head or two bursts to the upper body area.

DG-56 Best Loadout and Build

List of All Assault Rifles

MW3 Assault Rifles

Weapon	Gun Info
MCW	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: Unlocked at Level 12.
MTZ-556	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: Unlocked by default.
SVA 545	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: Unlocked at Level 18.
FR 5.56	Base Round Capacity: 25 Reserve Ammo: 50 How to Unlock: TBA
Holger 556	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: TBA
DG-56	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: TBA
RAM-7	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: Unlocked by reaching the A7 Sector of the Season 1 Battle Pass.
BP50	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: Unlocked by reaching and completing the B7 Sector of the Season 2 Battle Pass.
BAL-27	Base Round Capacity: TBA Reserve Ammo: TBA How to Unlock: TBA
STG44	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 90 How to Unlock: TBA

MW2 Assault Rifles

Weapon	Gun Info
Kastov-74u	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by leveling the Kastov 545 to Level 13.
Kastov 545	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by leveling the Kastov 762 to Level 10.
Kastov 762	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked at Level 23.
M4	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by default.
M16	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by leveling the 556 Icarus to Level 13.
TAQ-56	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked at Level 19.
STB 556	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked at Level 41.
ISO Hemlock	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Get 50 longshots using Assault Rifles.
Chimera	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Get 2 Operator Kills with Assault Rifles in 15 separate matches.
M13B	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by defeating the Chemist in the Radiation Zone of DMZ and extracting with his dropped weapon.
Tempus Razorback	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Get 35 operator kills while mounted using Assault Rifles.
M13C	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Get 35 hipfire operator kills using Assault Rifles.
FR Avancer	Base Round Capacity: 25 Reserve Ammo: 50 How to Unlock: Get 35 headshot operator kills using Assault Rifles.
TR-76 Geist	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked in the Season 6 Battle Pass
Lachmann-556	Base Round Capacity: 30 Reserve Ammo: 60 How to Unlock: Unlocked by leveling the Lachmann-762 to Level 13.

There are 15 confirmed MW2 Assault Rifles that can be carried forward to Modern Warfare 3.

Carry Forward Explained

How to Use Assault Rifles

Versatile at Any Given Range

Assault Rifles are highly flexible weapons to use from all distances. They have an easy-to-control recoil at long range, pin-point accuracy at mid-range, and an extremely fast firing rate at close range.

Effective When Used with Stalker Boots

Stalker Boots provide quicker ADS (Aim Down Sight) speed to Assault Rifles, making them even deadlier as these guns have a very easy recoil pattern and longer range when firing it while using the iron sight.

To equip the Stalker Boots, go to your Loadout menu and select it under the Boots category.

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All Guns and Weapons by Type

Guns and Weapons by Type
Assault Rifles	Battle Rifles
Submachine Guns	Shotguns
Light Machine Guns	Marksman Rifles
Sniper Rifles	Handguns
Melee Weapons	Launchers

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