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The M249 is belt-fed light machine gun in Counter-Strike series and Counter-Strike Online. It was purchasable with game points and available since the first release in 2008, before becoming readily available as a default weapon. In some releases, it uses the ES M249 Para name.
Overview[]
This weapon has Part System installed.
M249 is a light machine gun fed with 100 rounds of 5.56mm, available to both terrorists and counter-terrorists. It has large magazine capacity and decent firepower but it has low rate of fire, is heavy and has long reload time.
Advantages[]
- Large magazine capacity (100)
- Purchasable for both Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists
- Decent accuracy
- High reserve ammunition supply (200)
- Low recoil
Disadvantages[]
- Low damage for a machine gun (28)
- Expensive price
- Heavy weight
- Long reload time
- Low rate of fire
Tactics using M249[]
Normal matches[]
- Fire in full-auto in close range.
- Aim for the feet and fire at full-auto in medium range.
- Avoid long range battle and use this weapon in close-combat maps.
Zombie Mods[]
- Wait for zombies to come close for maximum performance, but do not do this when facing a Heavy zombie.
- A 100 rounds of M249 can deal between 2800 ~ 5600 damage to the zombies. It can surely kill a normal zombie if all bullets hit.
- It is not advised to use this machine gun except in Bot Zombie Mod.
Zombie Scenario[]
- If the starting money is $7500, the player can buy M249 for $5750 and $1200 for 600 reserve ammunition, giving the balance of $550.
- M249 is one of the weapons readily available as spawn weapon if selected in Weapon of the Month.
Tactics facing M249 user[]
Normal matches[]
- Attack the user in long range.
- A M249 user moves slowly due to its heavy weight. Use ambush tactics.
- Never duck when facing a M249 user because the bullets will hit your head.
Zombie Modes[]
- Make the user waste bullets by attacking and retreating frequently.
- Charge the user when he/she is reloading or running out of bullets.
- If you have more than 6000 HP, attack the M249 user without hesitating as the damage is not sufficient to kill you.
Comparison to SKULL-7[]
Positive[]
- Free
- Lighter (-0.2 kg)
- Cheaper (-$3250)
- Cheaper ammunition ($60 per 30 rounds)
Neutral[]
- Same rate of fire (90%)
- Same knockback power
Negative[]
- Lower accuracy (-6%)
- Lower damage to humans (-2)
- Lower damage to zombies (-33)
- Higher recoil (+1%)
- Lower stun to zombies
- Lower magazine size (-20)
- Lower reserve ammunition (-20)
- No scope
Variants[]
Release date[]
- Red
- South Korea: 18 December 2008
- Taiwan/Hong Kong: 16 December 2008
- China: 9 December 2009
- Camo
- South Korea: 30 May 2012
- China: 13 June 2012
Gallery[]
New view model
Old view model
Neo paint
Shop model
World model
Yuri with M249
Store preview
In-game screenshot
HUD icon
View model
World model
Shop model
Store preview
Taiwan/Hong Kong poster
Singapore/Malaysia poster
CSN:Z poster
In-game screenshot
View model
World model
Shop model
China poster
In-game screenshot
Indonesia poster
Firing sound
Reload sound
Draw sound
Trivia[]
- The M249's HUD icon differs to what is actually used in-game, namely that the former is shown with the foldable Paratrooper stock, while the updated viewmodel and worldmodel uses the fixed stock.
- The draw sound of this weapon is the same as the Glock 18.
- In an update in 23 November 2016, the view model of M249 is updated. The update features a new drawing animation, and weapon and hand textures correction. For some reason, the texture resolution is changed from 512 pixel to 256 pixel.