(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hey guys, I'm gonna talk about my new favorite assault rifle, the M16A3.

Well I love the FAMAS still too. Stuck with both. :fa: I'm bipolar when it comes to guns.

Here's the stats from BF3.
Auto Fire: Yes
Single Shot Fire: Yes
Burst Fire: No
Rate Of Fire: 800
Ammunition: 30 [5.56x45mm NATO] (At 650m/s, the fastest of any AR)
Range: LONG

So basically, it has great stats. It might not blow you away with 1,000 rpm or a 7.62 round...but I'll get to that in a second.

-This gun has the best possible recoil. It has slightly more upwards recoil than the AEK, but this gun has the lowest horizontal recoil out of all the ARs. Add in a grip, and the only existent recoil is up. It's very manageable. Then the ROF doesn't kill you with recoil. I use heavy barrel and even with that, it has barely any recoil. The 5.56 has just as much killing potential as a 7.62 SCAR or G3 without the recoil.

-The rpm. I feel like 800rpm is the perfect rate of fire. I used to like the FAMAS that shoots 1,000rpm. But I've realized that that's way too fast. You run out of bullets after killing one guy. You'll burst for a second to take out a guy, then move to your next target with only 10 rounds left in your clip. It's just too fast to be practical at anything past 25m. Then there are other guns that shoot 600 or so, and that's way too slow. With 800rpm, you can spray at close from the hip and win 85% of encounters but also be able to shoot 10 rounds from any range for a kill. It's the perfect medium.

-There's little things I like about it too. The reload is really fast, the front sight post stays there when you have a sight, so it helps a lot with accuracy, and I feel like a boss destroying people with a starter weapon.

Tl;dr go use the M16A3. It's amazing. I'll even make a class for you... American RDS, Grip, Heavy Barrel. Back it up with an M320 and G18 suppressed.

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But also...

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Good gun? Absolutely. Underrated? Hardly. I see players use M16A3 excessively. This might be because I'm a PC player, but I wouldn't consider it underrated. Well this is just my opinion.

I agree, M16A3 isn't underrated in my opinion. I'm a Console and PC gamer, and I see loads of people using it, so it's definitely not underrated.

Here on the PS3, nobody uses it. I may see 1 out of every 250 player using it.

I have a PS3, and seem to see at least 3 to 4 people using it when I'm playing on it. On the PC, I can say at least 10 or more use it.

The M16A3 is one of my favorites to use in BF3 and it looks great too (not that that matters )

I think the FAMAS has a higher rate of fire but my personal preference is the M16A3 because of the way it handles when holding the trigger and quick taps of the trigger.

Not underrated lots of people use it

Me and ResistTheSun came across a player with 16,000 kills with the M16A3 the other day.

Been using it more since then.

What attachments?

That's 160 stars. :megusta:

Reflex (RDS), Foregrip and Heavy Barrel if I remember correctly.