Its an Assault Rifle.
I think its a great gun but my intentions tell me its probably going to get nerfed. Guns like the Commando/Famas/AK74 rule this game but after using this gun its like a completely different era, I can stop people at distance, I can kill my enemy in close combat, etc, etc.
Its really good if your the controlling type of player, if you come from MW2/COD4 this gun is made for you. It has great recoil and great damage, and it gives you that COD4/MW2 vi and brings back your shooting experience from MW2/COD4. Point being, its one of the many guns in the game that are controllable and damaging at the same time.
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Its unlocked at level 48 for all curious ones.
I've seen it being used before but most players use it wrong, at close combat battles they attempt to scope on their opponent standing which leaves all of your body open to shoot, this gun is great at distance but at close combat I'd recommend shooting w/o ADS because it just makes it 5x more better.
Great for search as well, good perks along the gun:
Ghost
Slight of Hand / Hardened
Hacker
I find the perk Hacker to be useful because I can identify what spawns the enemies are getting, it also helps get a radius of the length/exact location of the opponents being (usually around the area the equipment is located).