| « | The L110A1 is a British designation for a Belgian 5.m56mm light machine gun Minimi Para. It is an air-cooled weapon, capable of fully automatic fire only, and it is adjusted to be used as paratroopers weapon. This rifle features the red-dot Aimpoint gunsight and the AN/PEQ-2 laser pointer. Armoury Description
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| L110A1 5.56 mm | |
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| Faction |  British Army
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| Type | Light Machine Gun / SAW |
| Calibre | 5.56×45 mm NATO |
| Magazine capacity |
200 |
| Dispersion | 0.0008 rad |
| Variants | None |
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The L110A1 is a 5.56 mm light machine gun used exclusively by British Army troopers in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the British Armed Forces DLC.
Overview
The L110A1 is a belt fed light machine gun that is chambered to fire the 5.56×45 mm NATO round.
It feeds from 200-round linked belts stored in plastic boxes, and can attain a rate of fire of up to 910 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 915 m/s. The L110A1 is fitted with a laser pointer and CCO red dot sight by default.
A team of troopers secure a road. Note the two automatic riflemen armed with L110A1s in the front and rear.
Essentially the British Army's equivalent of the M249 SAW used by U.S. forces, the L110A1 is a light machine gun that packs the firepower of 200 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition in a compact package.
With a fairly high base rate of fire, the L110A1 can provide sustained cover fire and be used to accurately suppress targets at ranges of 300 and up to 600 metres away.
Like the M249 however, the L110A1 is neither as powerful as dedicated medium machine guns such as the M240 or the L7A2 due to firing 5.56 mm as opposed to 7.62 mm, nor is it capable of reaching targets located as far out as the former two. It is best utilised in its intended role as a light support weapon for use in close-medium ranged engagements, rather than being treated as an MMG.
Ammunition
| Round name | Base damage value | Aerodynamic velocity | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 5.56×45 mm NATO | 8 | -0.001425 | 915 |
| 5.56×45 mm NATO SD | 7 | -0.0006 | 320 |
There are six kinds of "magazine" varieties that the L110A1 can feed from. The 200- and 100-round linked belts take up two inventory slots apiece, while the individual rifle magazines only require one slot:
L110A1 Mag.
Standard 200-round linked belt stored inside a plastic box, specifically designed for use with the L110A1. Rounds fired from this box have a muzzle velocity of 915 m/s.
The fourth round will always be a red tracer, while the last four rounds consist exclusively of tracers.
200Rnd. M249 Belt
Alternate 200-round belt box intended for use with the M249 SAW. Remains otherwise completely identical to regular 200-round belt boxes.
M249 Mag.
100-round linked belt stored inside a soft pack. Remains otherwise identical to regular 200-round plastic boxes.
30Rnd. STANAG
Basic 30-round rifle magazine. Rounds fired have a muzzle velocity of 930 m/s.
Does not contain any visible tracers.
30Rnd. STANAG SD
Specialised magazine loaded with subsonic 5.56 mm ammunition. Identical to regular 30-round STANAGs save for a much lower velocity of 320 m/s.
G36 Mag.
Plastic magazine used exclusively by the G36 and XM8 families of modular rifles.
It is mostly identical in most other aspects compared to regular 30-round STANAGs, but their rounds have a slightly reduced muzzle velocity of 920 m/s instead.
MG36 Mag.
100-round Beta-C drum used by the MG36 light support weapon. Aside from its capacity it is completely identical to regular 30-round plastic magazines.
Trivia
- The in-game L110A1 features a number of inaccuracies when compared to its real life counterpart. Examples include the lack of an FN handguard (the in-game version uses a railed one instead), using an M249-style heatshield (the real L110A1 does not have a heatshield), and a non-standard rear sight.
- Following the release of the latest Steam version patches (as part of the Community Configuration Project), the L110A1 can consistently utilise all types of 5.56 mm magazines. In turn, its dedicated 200-round belts are also shareable with the American M249.
Gallery
External links
See also
Weapons of comparable role and configuration
- M249 SAW (USMC/U.S. Army counterpart)
- RPK-74 (Russian Armed Forces counterpart)
 British Army - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | M1911 .45 |
| Assault rifles | L85A2 5.56 mm (L85A2 UGL) |
| Designated marksman rifles | L86A2 LSW 5.56 mm |
| Sniper rifles | AS50 12.7 mm • LRR .338 |
| Squad automatic weapons | L110A1 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | L7A2 GPMG 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | FGM-148 Javelin • FIM-92F Stinger • NLAW |
| Static | L111A1 • L134A1 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. British Armed Forces | |
