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For the similar carbine featured in Battlefield Vietnam, see CAR-15

The M4 Carbine is a firearm tracing its origins to a variant of the CAR-15 which is based on the M16 and all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2, with 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4A1 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and full-auto. It fires the 5.56x45mm NATO round, and is suitable for C.Q.C. Although the M4 has less effective range than the longer M16, many military analysts consider engagement with a non-specialized small arm above a range of 300 meters (330 yd) to be unnecessary. It is effective at ranges of 150 meters (160 yd) or less and has a maximum effective range of about 500 to 600 meters (550–660 yd).

Battlefield 2Edit

M4

Damage	25
Damage multipliers	3x head 1x torso 0.66x armored torso 0.7x limbs
Unlocked at	Unlocked at start
Ammunition capacity	30 rounds
Reload time	4.7 seconds
Rate of fire	600 RPM
Recoil	0.3 - 0.5 hip 0.75 zoomed
Spread zoomed	0.15
Spread unzoomed	0.2 (Min) 0.3 (Standing) 0.24 (Crouched)
Spread increase per round	1.7
Fire mode	Full-automatic Semi-automatic
Faction	United States Marine Corps
Kit	Special Forces
Inventory slot	Main weapon

"The M4 is a lightweight version of the M16 and fires the same type of ammunition. It has similar handling and accuracy but does less damage. It comes equipped with a red-dot scope." — In-game description

The M4 Carbine is the standard primary weapon for the USMC's Special Forces kit. Like the AK-74u, the M4 possesses a Red Dot Sight. It is statistically very similar to the other carbines, with a higher recoil than, but identical spread and damage to, the G36C, yet less damage than the AK-74u.

GalleryEdit

Battlefield 2: Modern CombatEdit

M4 Carbine

Damage	Medium
Ammunition capacity	30 rounds
Reload time	4 seconds
Rate of fire	600 rpm
Fire mode	Fully Automatic
Faction	USMC
Kit	Assault

In Battlefield 2: Modern Combat's singleplayer, the M4 Carbine is issued to NATO assault-class soldiers during Radio Silence. It has a moderate rate of fire, a 30 round magazine, high damage and good accuracy. It can kill in a single head shot and is effective as a sharpshooting weapon with its magnified M68 Aimpoint sight. It also has an M203 attached to it, though it is unusable until you unlock it. Blind firing for head shots and the grenade launcher can easily dispose of a large amount of enemies.

In multiplayer, it is issued to the USMC Assault kit and can be used similarly to how it's used in singleplayer.

Battlefield Play4FreeEdit

M4A1

Damage

26-17

Damage multipliers

x 2.1 (head)

Unlocked at

Level 18

Unlock cost

300 (one day)
45,000 (forever)

69 (one day)
179 (seven days)
499 (thirty days)
1249 (forever)

Ammunition capacity

20 rounds

Starting ammunition

60 + 20 rounds

Maximum ammunition

112 + 28 rounds with High Capacity Mags

Reload time

4.0 seconds

Rate of fire

600 rounds per minute

Velocity

450 m/s

Range

Recoil

Hip
1.20 Up
0.80 Left
0.95 Right

Aimed
0.82 Up
0.54 Left
0.65 Right

Spread zoomed

0.28 - 0.88

Spread unzoomed

0.40 - 2.35

Fire mode

Fully automatic

Kit

Assault

Source of statistics

Battlefield Play4Free Comparison Tools

Sound(s)

The M4A1 firing

Inventory slot

Primary weapon

In Battlefield Play4Free, the M4A1 is a purchasable elite assault rifle for the Assault Kit. It features high damage and a 20-round magazine. However, the weapon suffers from a decreased range and a more moderate recoil, as well as a cost of up to 1249 for unlimited use. The weapon's extra magazine and decent damage make it excel at close-range infantry-based maps like Sharqi and Basra, but it's still efficient on longer range maps like Karkand.

Battlefield 3Edit

"Essentially a shortened version of the M16, the M4A1 Carbine traces its roots to weapons designed for US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) during the Vietnam War. The M4A1 variant is capable of Automatic fire and includes rails that allow the user to equip a large number of accessories. The carbine has seen heavy use at the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan in close quarters and urban environments." — Battlelog descriptionIn Battlefield 3, both the M4 and M4A1 are included^[1] as Engineer weapons. It was first seen in the Fault Line trailers with a Trijicon ACOG and a Tactical Light. However, during the live console debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the M4's ACOG has been replaced with an EOTech, the tactical flashlight has been switched to the right set of R.I.S. rails, and the reload animation is completely different from the animation seen in the Fault Line trailers, as the player hits the bolt catch instead of pulling the charging handle.

M4A1Edit

M4A1

Unlocks	Reflex (10 kills) Laser Sight (20 kills) Foregrip (30 kills) Tactical Light (40 kills) Holographic (50 kills) Suppressor (60 kills) ACOG (70 kills) Heavy Barrel (80 kills) Bipod (90 kills) IRNV (100 kills) Rifle Scope (125 kills) M145 MGO (150 kills) Flash Suppressor (175 kills) Kobra (200 kills) PKA-S (235 kills) PSO-1 (270 kills) PKS-07 (300 kills) PK-A (350 kills)
Damage	25 - 14.3
Suppression	7.0%
Unlocked at	• Default US Engineer weapon • 145,000 Engineer score for Russia
Ammunition capacity	30 + 1 rounds
Ammunition	5.56x45mm NATO
Starting ammunition	124 + 31 rounds
Maximum ammunition	372 + 31 rounds (SP) 217 + 31 rounds (MP)
Reload time	1.85 seconds loaded 2.48 seconds empty
Rate of fire	800 RPM
Velocity	580m/s
Maximum range	870m
First shot recoil multiplier	2.8x
Recoil	0.26 up 0.1 left 0.4 right
Recoil decrease per second	18
Spread zoomed	0.4 (static) 0.8 (moving)
Spread unzoomed	Standing: 2.0 (static) 2.5 (moving) Crouching: 1.5 (static) 2.0 (moving) Prone: 1.0 (static) 2.0 (moving)
Spread increase per round	0.1
Spread decrease per second	15.0
Fire mode	Full-automatic Semi-automatic
Faction	United States Marine Corps Russian Ground Forces (145,000 Engineer score)
Kit	Engineer
Dog Tags	Proficiency Dog Tag Mastery Dog Tag
Source of statistics	http://symthic.com/?s=bf3 Retrieved Sept. 17th
Sound(s)
Inventory slot	Main weapon

SingleplayerEdit

In singleplayer, the M4A1 is Blackburn's primary weapon in Operation Swordbreaker and in the second half of Operation Guillotine. It is also Miller's primary weapon in Thunder Run when on-foot. Campo had used the M4A1 throughout the campaign. Cole is always equipped with the M4A1. Blackburn, Campo, and Miller have used the M4A1 with a Holographic Sight. Blackburn and Cole have used the M4A1 with an ACOG sight.

Co-OpEdit

In co-op, the M4A1 is Player 1's primary weapon in Exfiltration. It is also the primary weapon for both players in The Eleventh Hour.

MultiplayerEdit

In multiplayer, the M4A1 is the default carbine for the United States Marine Corps Engineer kit. It is capable of fully-automatic or semi-automatic fire, has low recoil, making it very accurate at medium and short ranges. It can do a fairly high amount of damage due to its fast firing speed.

The weapon's main strength is its very high rate of fire which is one of the fastest of all carbines, but it is also one of it's weaknesses as the rate of fire is so fast that it's hard to actually fire the gun in controlled bursts, as it might make you accidentally fire an extra round or two which by then the recoil already kicked the weapon out of aim so more ammo may be wasted and many shots may miss.

The M4A1 and AKS-74u are the last Engineer unlocks for 145,000 points which allows the player to have the weapon from the other faction, allowing USMC Engineers to use the AKS-74u and Russian Ground Forces Engineers to use the M4A1.

M4 CarbineEdit

"Visually and mechanically similar to the M16, the M4 Carbine was developed to replace pistols and sub-machine guns at the front lines. The M4 is capable Semi-Automatic and 3 Round Burst fire and is equipped with accessory rails for end user customization. The rifle has largely replaced the M16A2 previously in use by the US Marine Corps. " — Battlelog description.

M4

Unlocks	Reflex (10 kills) Laser Sight (20 kills) Foregrip (30 kills) Tactical Light (40 kills) Holographic (50 kills) Suppressor (60 kills) ACOG (70 kills) Heavy Barrel (80 kills) Bipod (90 kills) IRNV (100 kills) Rifle Scope (125 kills) M145 MGO (150 kills) Flash Suppressor (175 kills) Kobra (200 kills) PKA-S (235 kills) PSO-1 (270 kills) PKS-07 (300 kills) PK-A (350 kills)
Damage	25 - 14.3
Suppression	7.0%
Unlocked at	40,000 Engineer score
Ammunition capacity	30 + 1 rounds
Ammunition	5.56x45mm NATO
Starting ammunition	124 + 31 rounds
Maximum ammunition	217 + 31 rounds
Reload time	1.85 seconds loaded 2.48 seconds empty
Rate of fire	800 RPM
Velocity	580m/s
Maximum range	870m
First shot recoil multiplier	2.8x
Recoil	0.26 up 0.075 left 0.3 right
Recoil decrease per second	18
Spread zoomed	0.2 (static) 0.4 (moving)
Spread unzoomed	Standing: 2.0 (static) 2.5 (moving) Crouching: 1.5 (static) 2.0 (moving) Prone: 1.0 (static) 2.0 (moving)
Spread increase per round	0.1
Spread decrease per second	15.0
Fire mode	Three-rounds burst Semi-automatic
Faction	United States Marine Corps Russian Ground Forces
Kit	Engineer
Source of statistics	http://symthic.com/?s=bf3 <small<Retrieved Sept. 17th</small>
Sound(s)
Inventory slot	Main weapon

The M4 becomes available at 40,000 Engineer score. It has the same stats as the M4A1, but fires in either three-rounds burst or semi-automatic. After the recent patch, the M4 has more vertical recoil and less horizontal recoil than the M4A1. The M4 can be used by both factions and share its unlocks with the M4A1. This means that any unlocks obtained for the M4A1 will be available to use on the M4 and vice versa. One thing to notice, is that the M4 has a much tighter bullet spread than it's automatic counterpart. While not significantly important within burstfire ranges, it can be useful on larger maps where semi automatic fire can be required. In addition, when a heavy barrel is added, the M4 is the most accurate carbine, beating both the SCAR-H and ACW-R.

GalleryEdit

Battlefield 4Edit

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The M4A1 appears in the "Fishing in Baku" Reveal Trailer being used by Pac as his primary weapon to use against enemy forces. It is seen with attached a US Red Dot Sight.

TriviaEdit

In Battlefield 2, if a player uses the console command renderer.drawHud0, the M4's Aimpoint M2 Sight disappears.
In the Pre-Alpha stages of Battlefield 3, as seen in the Fault Line trailers, the M4A1's appearance was that of Medal of Honor's M4A1 multiplayer model, which DICE helped develop.
The model of the M4 in Battlefield 2 has several issues. The lower receiver has printed on it "M16 A2" instead of M4, and the fire selector switch is set to "semi".
Despite not appearing in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the soldier on the cover art uses a highly customized M4/M4A1.
In Battlefield 3, The M4A1 has Magpul Ranger Plates on the bottom of it's STANAG Magazine.
In Battlefield 3, The M4A1 reload animation has slightly changed in full release.
There was a glitch that, once the M4A1 Russian Acquired version was unlocked, the AKS-74u and M4A1 would stay faction specific and the player would have to keep switching back and forth if they wanted to keep using one or the other. DICE has fixed this bug in the 1.04 patch.
Also, while using the M4A1 as a Russian, the meter below the ammo counter doesn't show how far you are from unlocking another attachment. This applies to all faction-specific weapons acquired by the other faction.
In Battlefield 3, the M4A1 is actually painted with a tan camouflage in the game. It is noticeable in bright environments, but when there is shade, it looks like the blackish-grey color seen in almost every other picture of it.
In the Pre-Alpha the player pulled the charging handle of the M4A1 rather than hitting the bolt release in the Retail.
In Battlefield 3 the M16A3/A4 shares the same RIS as the M4/M4A1.
The M4A1 in Battlefield 3 has a Snake design on the magazine well as in the Medal of Honor version, of which DICE helped develop the game's multiplayer.
It has the same reload animation as the ACW-R and Mk11 Mod 0.
The proficiency dog tag shows the M4A1 with an ACOG and Foregrip equipped.

VideosEdit

External linksEdit

M4 on Wikipedia

ReferencesEdit

↑ - @Demize99 - Twitter - Retrieved August 30

[0] - @Demize99 - Twitter - Retrieved August 30

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M4 CarbineEdit

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Battlefield 4Edit

TriviaEdit

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