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M16-A2

Selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a standardized detachable magazine. Although it lacks support for custom optics, the long barrel and high rate of fire offer remarkable firepower. Uses 5.56x45mm rounds.

M16-A2 (M16A2), DayZ Full size picture
Classname M16A2
Section
Weapons
Weight
2.9 kg
Inventory size
9×3 27 slots
Worn or carried in
Shoulder, Melee slot
Durability
200
Fire modes
Semi-auto, Burst
Spawns on
Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

Characteristics

Repaired with
Gun Cleaning Kit

Fire modes

Semi-auto
500 rounds/min
Burst ×3
923 rounds/min

Rate of fire is 60 seconds divided by the delay between shots in the config.

Ammunition damage

Bullet Health Blood Shock Muzzle velocity
Bullet_556x45 110 100 110 850 m/s
Bullet_556x45Tracer 110 100 110 850 m/s

Damage of the bullet class from the config, before armor and hit zone multipliers. Muzzle velocity already counts this barrel.

Melee

Attack Health Shock Blood Reach
Light attack 10 15 100 1.2 m

Compared with similar

Weapons that take the same ammo, strongest bullet first.

Item WeightRounds/minMuzzle velocityDamage
LE-MAS 3.6 kg 923 850 m/s 110
M16-A2 2.9 kg 923 850 m/s 110
M4-A1 2.28 kg 923 765 m/s 110
Sawed-off LE-MAS 3.6 kg 923 850 m/s 110
AUR A1 3.2 kg 706 723 m/s 110
AUR AX 3.6 kg 706 850 m/s 110
KA-101 3.08 kg 612 765 m/s 110
Pioneer 3 kg 30 977 m/s 110
M249 SAW 7.5 kg · 850 m/s 110

Compatibility

Magazines

10rd Mag-C Mag20rd Mag-C Mag30rd Coupled Standardized Mag30rd Mag-C Mag30rd Standardized Mag40rd Mag-C Mag60rd Standardized Mag

Ammunition

5.56x45mm Rounds5.56x45mm Tracer Rounds

Attachment slots

Bayonet
M4-A1 Bayonet
Muzzle M4
Plastic Bottle SuppressorStandardized Suppressor
Wrap
Ghillie Rifle Wrap

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Military.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal 4 5 2
Minimum 2 3 1
Lifetime 8 h 8 h 8 h
Restock 0 0 2 h
Quantity 30–80% 30–80% 30–80%
Loot category Weapons Weapons Weapons
Places Military Military Military
Tiers Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 3 Tier 4

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

Spawns with

Spawns with 30% to 70% damage.

Attachments · 10%
40rd Mag-C Mag15%10rd Mag-C Mag50%20rd Mag-C Mag70%30rd Mag-C Mag100%

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus 
<type name="M16A2">
    <nominal>4</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>2</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
types.xml · Livonia 
<type name="M16A2">
    <nominal>5</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>3</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier3"/>
</type>
types.xml · Sakhal 
<type name="M16A2">
    <nominal>2</nominal>
    <lifetime>28800</lifetime>
    <restock>7200</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>30</quantmin>
    <quantmax>80</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="weapons"/>
    <usage name="Military"/>
    <value name="Tier4"/>
</type>
cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Chernarus, Livonia 
<type name="M16A2">
    <damage min="0.3" max="0.7"/>
    <attachments chance="0.1">
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_40Rnd" chance="0.15"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_10Rnd" chance="0.5"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_20Rnd" chance="0.7"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_30Rnd" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
</type>
cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Sakhal 
<type name="M16A2">
    <damage min="0.3" max="0.7"/>
    <attachments chance="0.3">
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_40Rnd" chance="0.15"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_10Rnd" chance="0.5"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_20Rnd" chance="0.7"/>
        <item name="Mag_CMAG_30Rnd" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

Config

Classname
M16A2
Config class
CfgWeapons
Inherits from
M16A2_Base › Rifle_Base › RifleCore › DefaultWeapon › Weapon_Base
Model
\dz\weapons\firearms\m16a2\m16a2.p3d
Defined in
Addons/weapons_firearms.pbo::m16a2/config.bin
Inventory slots
Shoulder, Melee