Light machine gun (Fallout 76)

For a cross-game overview, see Machine gun.

Light machine gun

Stats
Perks
Crafting
Technical

Type	Class	Icon
Ranged	Heavy gun

Legendary drop	Legendary craft

Level

30 / 40 / 50

Ammo

.308 round · (Ultracite)

Clip size

75

Fire rate	Range	Accuracy
159	174	74

AP cost	Value	Weight
32	150	8.0

Damage
Heavy Gunner (Expert, Master) Bloody Mess

Other modifiers
Bobblehead: Big Guns

Craft perk

Gunsmith 4

Mod perk

Gunsmith 5

Repair perk

Weapon Artisan

Craft	Repair	Scrap
Aluminum (16/17/19) Gears (14/16/18) Rubber (10/13/16) Screw (12/14/16) Spring (10/13/16) Steel (20/23/25)	Adhesive Gear Spring Steel	Steel x2

Aim model

AssaultRifle_AM

Keywords

Weapon · Ranged · Heavy gun · Rifle^[1] · Ballistic

Projectile type

Beam

Projectile count

1

Bash

15

Critical

+100%

Range penalty

-50%

Sound

Loud

Reload

3.66

Attack speed

0.67

Attack delay

0.25

Draw

0.20

Sight

0.25

Unsight

0.20

The light machine gun, or MG42 light machine gun,^[2] is a heavy gun in Fallout 76.

Characteristics

This light machine gun is a heavy gun that fires .308 rounds, a less common ammo type. The MG42 has a high rate of fire and high per-shot damage. For modification, there is one non-standard receiver option available.

Crafting

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Aluminum (19) Gears (18) Rubber (16) Screw (16) Spring (16) Steel (25)		Build at: Weapons workbench Heavy guns Learn Method: Learned from plan/recipe Plan: MG42 light machine gun Perks: Gunsmith 4		Light machine gun Lv 50 (1)

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Aluminum (17) Gears (16) Rubber (13) Screw (14) Spring (13) Steel (23)		Build at: Weapons workbench Heavy guns Learn Method: Learned from plan/recipe Plan: MG42 light machine gun Perks: Gunsmith 4		Light machine gun Lv 40 (1)

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Aluminum (16) Gears (14) Rubber (10) Screw (12) Spring (10) Steel (20)		Build at: Weapons workbench Heavy guns Learn Method: Learned from plan/recipe Plan: MG42 light machine gun Perks: Gunsmith 4		Light machine gun Lv 30 (1)

Weapon modifications

Mod	Description	Naming	Effects									Plan	Perk	Components	Form ID
Automatic receiver	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+25%	–	–	–	–	–	0049724A
Prime automatic receiver	Superior damage. Bonus damage to Scorchbeasts and Scorched.	Prime	–	+7	–	–	–	–	+25%	–	–	–	Gunsmith 5	Adhesive x4 Gear x2 Oil x4 Pure crimson flux x2 Pure violet flux x2 Screw x4 Steel x14 Ultracite x5	00470A1A

Mod	Description	Naming	Effects									Plan	Perk	Components	Form ID
Long barrel	Superior range. Inferior recoil.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0007C200

Mod	Description	Naming	Effects									Plan	Perk	Components	Form ID
Full stock	Better recoil.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+20%	–	–	–	–	–	0007C20C

Mod	Description	Naming	Effects									Plan	Perk	Components	Form ID
Drum magazine	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+10%	–	–	–	–	–	0007C793

Mod	Description	Naming	Effects									Plan	Perk	Components	Form ID
Muzzle brake	Exception recoil control. Better per-shot recoil. Inferior range.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gunsmith 4	–	0007BE00

Locations

Can be crafted from any weapons workbench after the plan is obtained.

References

↑ Rifle keyword doesn't let it work with rifle perks, but will allow it to count for challenges
↑ Plan: MG42 light machine gun

Weapons in Fallout 76

Melee weapons

Unarmed		Bear Arm · Boxing glove · Death tambo · Deathclaw gauntlet (Unstoppable Monster) · Gauntlet · Knuckles · Meat hook · Mole miner gauntlet · Power fist (Face Breaker)

One handed		Assaultron blade (The Gutter) · Baton (Disorderly Conduct) · Bowie knife · Bone club · Cattle prod · Chinese officer sword (Blade of Bastet, Grant's saber, Meteoritic sword) · Combat knife (The Invader) · Commie Whacker (Camden Whacker) · Cultist blade (Nailer) · Cultist dagger · Drill · Guitar sword · Hatchet · Lead pipe · Machete · Paddle ball · Pipe wrench (Mechanic's Best Friend) · Plasma cutter · Revolutionary sword (Commander's Charge) · Ripper · Rolling pin · Sheepsquatch club · Shishkebab · Sickle · Ski sword (Black Diamond) · Switchblade (The Quick Fix) · Tire iron · Walking cane

Two handed		Baseball Bat · Board · Bone hammer · Electro enforcer · Fire axe · Golf club · Grognak's axe · Mr. Handy buzz blade · Multi-purpose axe · Pickaxe · Pitchfork · Pole hook · Pool cue · Protest sign · Sheepsquatch staff · Shepherd's crook · Shovel · Sledgehammer · Spear · Super sledge (All Rise, The Farmhand) · The Tenderizer · War drum · War glaive (Oathbreaker)

Ranged weapons

Pistols		.44 pistol (Medical Malpractice, Somerset Special, The Fact Finder, Voice of Set) · 10mm pistol (Anti-Scorched training pistol) · Alien blaster (The V.A.T.S. Unknown, Zeta's Revenge) · Black powder blunderbuss · Black powder pistol · Crusader pistol · Flare gun · Gamma gun (Xerxo's gamma ray gun) · Gauss pistol · Pipe bolt-action · Pipe pistol · Pipe revolver · Salvaged Assaultron head (Polly's Assaultron head, Sheepsquatch Assaultron head) · Single action revolver (Fancy single action revolver) · Western revolver

Shotguns		Combat shotgun · Double-barrel shotgun (Salt of the Earth) · Gauss shotgun · Pepper Shaker · Pump action shotgun (Civil Unrest, Fancy pump action shotgun)

Rifles		10mm submachine gun (Perfect Storm, Old Guard's 10mm SMG) · Alien disintegrator · Assault rifle (Whistle in the Dark) · Black powder rifle · The Dragon · Combat rifle (The Fixer) · Enclave plasma gun · Gauss rifle · Handmade rifle · Hunting rifle (Brotherhood recon rifle) · Laser rifle (Acceptable Overkill) · Lever action rifle (Sole Survivor) · Plasma gun (Mind Over Matter, Slug Buster) · Radium rifle · Railway rifle · Submachine gun · Syringer (Rose's syringer, Vox syringer) · Tesla rifle (Night Light) · Ultracite laser gun

Heavy weapons		50 cal machine gun (The Action Hero, Final Word) · Auto grenade launcher · Broadsider · Hellstorm missile launcher · Cryolator · Fat Man (Daisycutter, The Guarantee) · Flamer (Pyrolyzer) · Gatling gun (Resolute Veteran) · Gatling laser · Gatling plasma · Gauss minigun · Light machine gun · Harpoon gun (Kingfisher) · M79 grenade launcher (Crushing Blow) · Minigun · Missile launcher (Bunker Buster) · Pepper Shaker · Plasma Caster · Ultracite Gatling laser

Bows		Bow · Compound bow · Crossbow

Throwables

Thrown		Baseball grenade · Bug grenade · Cryogenic grenade · Dross · Dynamite · Dynamite bundle · Flare · Floater flamer grenade · Floater freezer grenade · Floater gnasher grenade · Fragmentation grenade · Fragmentation grenade MIRV · HalluciGen gas grenade · Meat cleaver · Molotov cocktail · Nuka Quantum grenade · Orbital scan beacon · Orbital strike beacon · Pumpkin grenade · Pulse grenade · Plasma grenade · Sheepsquatch shard · Throwing knife · Tomahawk · Trail fireworks · Turbo-Fert fertilizer

Placed		Blast mine · Cryo mine · Explosive bait · Frag mine · Nuke mine · Pulse mine · Plasma mine · Red fireworks mine

Other

Binoculars (Pearly Peepers) · Chainsaw · ProSnap Deluxe camera

[1] Rifle keyword doesn't let it work with rifle perks, but will allow it to count for challenges

[2] Plan: MG42 light machine gun

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