Mk200

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The Mk200 is a gas-operated light machine gun based on the Belgian LMG with ergonomical grips, reinforced lock and quick barrel removal system. It fires 6.5x39 mm (caseless) ammunition fed from a belt with a rate of 800 rounds per minute. The Mk200 provides the squad with the accurate and sustained fire-power required to suppress and destroy enemy targets. Field Manual

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Mk200 6.5 mm
Faction	FIA Loyalists AAF LDF
Type	Light Machine Gun / SAW
Calibre	6.5×39 mm
Magazine capacity	200
Dispersion	0.00102 rad
Mass	220
Variants	None
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The Mk200 is a 6.5 mm light machine gun used by several Independent and BLUFOR factions in ArmA 3.

Overview

The Mk200 is a belt fed, gas operated fully-automatic light machine gun that is chambered to fire 6.5×39 mm caseless rounds.

It feeds from 200-round linked belts stored in soft pouches, and can attain a fire rate of up to 800 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 920 m/s. The Mk200 can mount accessories on its side, top and underbarrel rails, and can also have suppressors fitted onto its muzzle.

The Mk200 packs decent firepower in a compact package.

Compared to both its CSAT and Russian-made counterparts, the Mk200 is lighter to wield against the former while possessing a much larger magazine capacity (200 rounds versus the Zafir's 150/RPK-12's 75).

It also has a much higher muzzle velocity while also being better in terms of accuracy over long ranges. Unlike the Zafir, it can be suppressed, which renders it ideal for stealth missions that require the firepower of an LMG.

The main drawback to the Mk200 stems from its use of the smaller 6.5 mm cartridge. While this is what makes the Mk200 lighter to carry, it also means that its rounds are relatively less hard-hitting compared to the Zafir's 7.62×54 mm rounds. The other downside is its inability to toggle a semi-automatic fire mode, which limits it to firing on full auto only.

Camouflage

• Black
• Sand

1/2

• Black: Matte black paint finish. Exclusive to LDF autoriflemen.
• Sand: Flat dark earth finish with some black coloured parts. Shared by AAF, FIA and Loyalist automatic riflemen.

Ammunition

Base damage value	Aerodynamic friction	Initial velocity (m/s)	Penetration depth (mm)
10	-0.0009	920	13.8

The Mk200 can be fed with four types of belt pouch magazines. All four have identical "mass" values of 50 units:

6.5 mm 200Rnd Reload Tracer (Yellow) Belt

Linked belt pouch containing 200 rounds worth of caseless 6.5 mm ammunition.

The fourth round will always be a visible yellow tracer. Only the last four rounds are exclusively tracers.

6.5 mm 200Rnd Reload Tracer (Red) Belt

Identical to regular yellow pouches, but every fourth round (along with the last four) will be coloured in red instead.

6.5mm 200Rnd Belt Tracer (Yellow)

Consists purely of visible yellow tracers. Identical in all other aspects to regular belt pouches.

6.5mm 200Rnd Belt Tracer (Red)

Identical to yellow tracer-loaded belts but coloured in red.

Trivia

The Mk200 is based on the "Stoner 99 LMG" designed by the Knight's Armament Company (KAC) based in Florida, U.S.A. The Stoner 99 was initially offered as a replacement for the venerable "M249 SAW" LMG that is currently still in service (in limited numbers) with both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. While it was rejected by the U.S. military, it was accepted for service by the Danish Armed Forces and is also used in limited numbers by several private military companies. It is also partially based on AAI Corporation's prototype LMG that was initially designed for the U.S. military's Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) initiative, which was then succeeded by the Cased Telescoped Small Arms Systems programme. Unused pre-Alpha Mk200 icon. This is further reinforced by the existence of an unused icon which depicts a model that strongly resembles the LSAT prototype, though the model itself is unavailable within the game files (Texture name: gear_m200_ca.paa). While AAI's prototype was chambered to fire 5.56/7.62 mm caseless/cased telescopic ammunition instead of the Mk200's 6.5 mm, the concept design between the two is very similar. It is shown to be a product of an Armaverse company named Vigilante Design. Before the release of the Beta and inclusion of the Zafir, it initially served as a placeholder LMG for CSAT forces during the Alpha. Prior to the release of the Marksmen DLC, the Mk200 also featured an integrated grip pod. This was later removed as the weapon was refactored to accept regular bipods on its underbarrel rail. Both the Black-coloured variant and two additional "magazines" loaded with red tracers were not added until the release of the Contact expansion pack - specifically for use by the Livonian Defense Force.

Gallery

Official pre-Marksmen DLC OPREP screenshot. Note the extended grippod with deployed legs which was later refactored into a simple grip.

External links

• Wikipedia: Knight's Armament Company LAMG
• Wikipedia: LSAT light machine gun

See also

Weapons of comparable role and configuration

• MX SW (NATO counterpart)
• SPAR-16S (CTRG counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)
• Zafir (Mediterranean CSAT counterpart)
• CAR-95-1 (Pacific CSAT counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)
• RPK-12 (Russian Spetsnaz counterpart, ArmA 3: Contact only)
• LIM-85 (Syndikat/Loyalist counterpart, ArmA 3: Apex only)
• M249 SAW (USMC/U.S. Army counterpart, ArmA 2/ArmA 2: OA only)

LDF - Armoury (ArmA 3)
Handguns	4-five .45
Submachine guns	ADR-97 5.7 mm
Assault rifles	Promet series (Promet, Promet GL, Promet SG)
Designated marksman rifles	Promet MR 6.5 mm
Squad automatic weapons	Mk200 6.5 mm
Launchers	MAAWS Mk4 Mod 1 • PCML • Titan MPRL • Titan MPRL Compact
Static	M2 • Mk6 Mortar • Mk30 • Mk32 • Static Titan Launcher (AA, AT)
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Apex DLC | Tanks DLC | Contact DLC

AAF - Armoury (ArmA 3)
Handguns	ACP-C2 .45
Submachine guns	PDW2000 9 mm
Carbines	Mk20C 5.56 mm
Assault rifles	Mk20 5.56 mm (Mk20 EGLM) • SDAR 5.56 mm
Designated marksman rifles	Mk18 ABR 7.62 mm
Sniper rifles	GM6 Lynx 12.7 mm
Squad automatic weapons	Mk200 6.5 mm
Launchers	MAAWS Mk4 Mod 0 • PCML • RPG-42 • Titan MPRL • Titan MPRL Compact
Static	M2 • Mk6 Mortar • Mk30 • Mk32 • Static Titan Launcher (AA, AT)
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Apex DLC | Tanks DLC

Government Loyalists - Armoury (ArmA 3)
Handguns	ACP-C2 .45
Carbines	AKS-74U 5.45 mm • Mk20C 5.56 mm • TRG-20 5.56 mm
Assault rifles	AK-12 series (AK-12, AK-12 GL) • AKM 7.62 mm • Mk20 5.56 mm (Mk20 EGLM) • SPAR-16 series (SPAR-16, SPAR-16 GL) • TRG-21 5.56 mm (TRG-21 EGLM)
Designated marksmen rifles	Mk14 7.62 mm • Mk18 ABR 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	LIM-85 5.56 mm • Mk200 6.5 mm
Launchers	RPG-7 • RPG-42
Static	M2 • Mk6 Mortar
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Marksmen DLC | Apex DLC

FIA - Armoury (ArmA 3)
Handguns	ACP-C2 .45
Carbines	TRG-20 5.56 mm
Assault rifles	Mk20 5.56 mm • TRG-21 5.56 mm (TRG-21 EGLM)
Designated marksmen rifles	Mk14 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	Mk200 6.5 mm
Launchers	MAAWS Mk4 Mod 0 • RPG-42
Static	M2 • Mk6 Mortar
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Marksmen DLC | Apex DLC | Tanks DLC