Talk:Light machine gun (Fallout: New Vegas)

Characteristics section still not updated
Since patch 1.5 the weapon's reliability and accuracy have been significantly increased but since i don't own the PC version of FNV (and thus don't have access to the world builder files) i can't easily determine how many rounds it can fire before breaking and would like to know if anyone would check this info out.

Extra 5.2 pounds with expanded drums?
What does the article mean by "the expanded drums add an extra 5.2 pounds of weight", unless this is from all the ammunition carried in hardcore mode (which i doubt) i know for a fact that the weapon mod in question does not add extra weigh because i added it a number of times to the LMG and never had an increase in weight.


 * It's incorrect. A full modded clip (200 rounds) of 5.56mm ammo weighs 5.2 pounds (0.026 x 200 = 5.2) in hardcore mode, so the expanded drums only adds 2.86 pounds of loaded ammo.  And even then, it's not actually adding any weight (that weight is still counted as ammo, not being added to the weight of the gun), so I question whether or not that sentence even belongs under the characteristics section. --Danaw167 23:09, September 29, 2011 (UTC)

These Hardcore Mode weight notes
I keep seeing these in articles, but aren't they rather redundant to begin with since the weight of the ammo is added as soon as it goes into your inventory anyway, instead of being added by the weapon? Great Mara 09:18, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right about that, but I think people just want to underhandedly say how inappropriate this weapon is for Hardcore Mode due to it's large and heavy clip. --Kastera (talk) 17:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That people are trying to say the weapon is "inappropriate" for hardcore mode is not necessarily true and is an assessment that I personally do not agree with. With the Heavyweight perk the weight is cut in half to a reasonable 7.5 pounds and taking the pack rat perk cuts the weight of all ammunition in half so 200 rounds of 5.56mm ammo weighs only 2.6 pounds leaving the weapon at the very reasonable weight 10.1 pounds when accounting for the rounds loaded in it with the expanded drum mod. This is especially true considering the amount of firepower this weapon is capable of (especially with the grunt perk) which actually exceeds the minigun in terms of DPS and inflicts 3 times the DAM on a shot per shot basis with the right perks. The LMG is a beast of a weapon in the right hands and can deal with just about any threat with the exception of very heavily armored targets but it requires a strong and skilled firearms expert with plenty of reserve ammo to be truly effective.--BattleBen 04:10, 5 April 2012 (UTC)