The M82 Assault Rifle is an assault rifle featured in Killzone, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Killzone: Liberation, Killzone: Mercenary, and Killzone Shadow Fall.

Killzone

The M82-G assault rifle is the standard weapon of the ISA army with the addition of a underslung pump-action 40mm M303 grenade launcher. It is been called the "G-Pack" by ISA personnel.^[1]

Strategy

The M-82 is Templar's weapon in the single player campaign. It is more accurate than the nearest Helghast equivalent when firing rounds one by one; the fire rate and capacity are also relatively low. To compensate, the M82-G has been fitted with the single-shot grenade launcher and a reflex sight. It is advisable to use the StA52 assault rifle for more accuracy, ammo capacity and fire rate to ensure a smooth run-and-gun.

Killzone 2

Campaign

The M82's model was significantly changed from its appearance in the first game (as were several other weapons in the game). It is no longer fitted with the grenade launcher secondary function, dramatically reducing its firepower, although its rate of fire has been significantly increased to compensate. The assault rifle has also undergone a cosmetic overhaul, no doubt a result of both the developer's move towards more realistic weaponry based on real-life firearms, and the second game's massively improved graphical capabilities.

Multiplayer

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Killzone 3

Campaign

The M82 in Killzone 3 has apparently undergone no changes from its Killzone 2 incarnation (with the exception of a slightly different reflex sight reticule and different firing sound). The M82 is an extremely accurate firing weapon due to its low recoil and reflex scope and dot sight.

Multiplayer

The M82 can only be used by the Tactician class. However, an M82SE variant is available to the Medic class. It has a generally high range and good firepower, making it a very popular weapon with many players. Using the "Faster Reload" Ribbon will shorten its reload to 1.6 second. The M82's damage per shot has increased to 32 within a 60 meter range.

Killzone: Mercenary

Campaign

The M82 is the default weapon. It retains its appearance as seen in Killzone 2 and Killzone 3, with the largest change being slightly larger crosshairs. Additionally, a new reload animation has been added.

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Killzone Shadow Fall

Multiplayer

The M82 is only featured in multiplayer and obtained in the Insurgent Pack DLC. This version of the M82 has a handful of aesthetic changes that differ it from its appearance in earlier Killzone titles. It lacks the front-mounted iron sights and dual taped magazines. The underbarrel flashlight attachment has also been removed, and replaced with the standard VSA Angled Grip seen on the M55 Rumbler. The M82 handles very similarly to the M55, the only major difference being a more random bullet spread.

A recent update allowed to get the M82 Assault rifle for free when activating the mystery box.

Gallery

The M82G's appearance in Killzone and the 2005 E3 trailer for Killzone 2.

The M82G's appearance in the beta stages of Killzone 2. Note the underbarrel grenade launcher and exposed tactical rail on top of the handguard.

The M82's appearance in the final version of Killzone 2 and Killzone 3. The grenade launcher has been replaced with a flashlight and the upper tactical rail is now covered.

The M82 as it appears in the trailer to Killzone Shadow Fall.

Trivia

• The M82 from KZ2 and KZ3 seems to be a based on a bullpup configuration of the M16 and LR 300 series of rifles.
• The M82's 1.5x Green-dot reflex scope based on the real-life EOTech sight)
• The M82's use of a short-stroke gas operation system is derived from what is known as a direct impingement gas system (M16), and long stroke gas piston (LR300).
• In all three games, the M82 is loaded with two magazines taped together "jungle-style". In the original Killzone, the reload animation sometimes shows the player switching to the second magazine (although this can be hard to distinguish from the standard reload), but in Killzone 2 and 3 the second magazine is never used. Moreover, if you look closely in the latter two games, you can see that the magazine the player reloads with does not even contain any bullets!
• Strangely, computer-controlled Helghast bots use the M82 in KZ2's offline multiplayer. This is because the A.I. select only the first weapon in the weapons list.
• The flashlight mounted below the KZ 2 and 3 M82 is for aesthetic purposes only and is not usable.
• Early Killzone 2 trailers and the E3 2007 demo featured ISA troops using the original M82 model from Killzone, with the attached grenade launcher.
• The front iron sight disappears when zoomed in through the reflex sight; at the bottom of the aperture you can see the cut-off front sight post.
• The M82 seems to possess a night vision mode - when zoomed in, a blurred "NV" can be seen (only in Killzone 3). Its only purpose is to change the reticule color. (correction: The button is just a function of the holosite the M82's is modeled after, the EOTech 552, which utilizes the same "NV" mode, a button that dims the reticule drastically (without changing color), enough to be viewed properly through night vision optics, leaving it invisible to the naked eye.)
• The M82 is a very popular weapon in multiplayer owing to its good balance of range, accuracy and firepower.
• The EOTech sight mounted on the M82 in the E3 2005 trailer for Killzone 2 was mounted the wrong way around; in a behind-the-scenes video, Guerilla explained that they were unaware of this mishap at the time of creation.

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