The American Guns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
The real designs behind MW4’s American guns and variants, with a class-by-class guide to all 33 reported weapon entries.
By Americana Gecko
Research through October 19, 2026
Modern Warfare 4’s campaign opened for early access on October 16. The full game launches October 23.
Some of MW4’s fictional gun names hide recognizable American designs. Patriot XMR points to a rifle company in Idaho; Oris 8.6 to Q in New Hampshire. The M4 keeps the name of a U.S. military carbine—a compact rifle.
This guide follows the American connections in detail: eight gun entries, four M4 configurations and two launchers. A class-by-class list of all 33 reported weapon entries follows, including the foreign, uncertain and mixed-country cases.
Activision has named 23 of those entries in the sources linked below. Ten more names come from game databases, whose illustrated comparisons also identify the real models. Those reports are labeled separately. The complete launch menu has not been verified.
The American gun designs and their histories
M4
Real-life designM4 / M4A1 family
The M4 is the compact member of the American M16 rifle family. The U.S. Army dates its entry into service to 1994; Colt’s own timeline places its first government M16 contract three decades earlier, in 1963.
The Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB) identifies the game’s stylized rifle as an M4A1. The configurations below are counted as variants of that base weapon.
Sources: U.S. Army history · Colt timeline · IMFDB identification
Patriot XMR
Real-life designPrimary Weapons Systems UXR
The Patriot XMR is identified as the UXR from Primary Weapons Systems in Boise, Idaho. PWS began in 2008 as a rifle-component company, then expanded into complete firearms.
The company announced the UXR on January 19, 2024. UXR stands for User Xchange Rifle. Its modular design accommodates different types of ammunition.
Cronen Squall
Reported real-life designRM277
The Cronen Squall is identified as the RM277, a rifle family now listed by True Velocity. Its magazine sits behind the trigger rather than in front of it. That arrangement, called a bullpup, gives it a different outline from an M4.
The real project passed from General Dynamics-OTS through Lone Star Future Weapons to True Velocity. It was an American-led effort with development partners, including Beretta. True Velocity lists related RM277-R and RM277-AR models.
The pictured development screenshot carries the Cronen Squall name and shows an added underbarrel attachment. Its game name is reported by the illustrated databases; it is not named in Activision’s beta guide.
FiNN LMG
Real-life designKnight’s Armament LAMG
FiNN LMG is identified as the Light Assault Machine Gun, or LAMG, from Knight’s Armament in Titusville, Florida. The maker’s 2019 catalog shows the belt-fed design and gives its full name.
Activision introduced the FiNN in Modern Warfare (2019) during its 2020 Season Five Reloaded update. MW4 brings that game name back.
APOC-338
Reported real-life designOhio Ordnance Works REAPR
Ohio Ordnance Works introduced the REAPR at SHOT Show in January 2024. Its name stands for Recoil Enhanced Automatic Precision Rifle. The Chardon, Ohio company said its engineering team designed the machine gun from the ground up.
IMFDB identifies it as MW4’s APOC-338. Look toward the lower left of the promotional frame: a background operator carries the proposed match while another weapon dominates the foreground. The name and model match come from specialist reporting and have not been confirmed against the game’s weapon menu.
Oris 8.6
Real-life designQ The Fix
Behind Oris 8.6 is The Fix, a rifle from Q in Dover, New Hampshire. Q’s manual describes a bolt-action design with a folding stock and a one-piece receiver—the central body of the rifle.
Unlike a self-loading rifle, a bolt-action rifle has a bolt operated by hand. MW4 places Oris in its marksman-rifle class and lists it as chambered in 8.6 Blackout.
Mojave .357
Real-life designRuger-inspired revolver; exact model uncertain
Activision names the Mojave .357 in its multiplayer preview. Its Ruger inspiration is easier to establish than one exact model: IMFDB identifies a stylized Redhawk with GP100 features, while GamesAtlas calls it a GP100.
The eight-shot cylinder does not settle the disagreement. Ruger announced an eight-shot .357 Magnum Redhawk on December 21, 2016, so that feature is consistent with an actual Redhawk as well.
.50 GS
Real-life designMagnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX
The .50 GS is identified as the Desert Eagle Mark XIX. Magnum Research’s history names founders Jim Skildum and John Risdall, whose involvement with the company dates to 1979.
The pistol’s history crosses borders. Israel Military Industries manufactured early Desert Eagles in Israel. Magnum Research later developed production in Pillager, Minnesota, and in March 2019 announced that all Desert Eagle pistols were being produced there.
Two launchers with American connections
Launchers are a separate game class. These two reported models add an American missile system and an American redesign of a Soviet weapon.
JOKR
Reported real-life designFGM-148 Javelin
The Javelin entered U.S. Army service in 1996. Its industrial partnership brings together Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. IMFDB associates the JOKR name with this U.S.-developed missile system.
The promotional frame shows the proposed match toward the lower right beside a South Korean marine. This is a specialist identification of a briefly pictured launcher; it does not confirm its final launch-menu name.
RPG-8
Reported real-life designAirTronic PSRL-1
The RPG-8 is identified as AirTronic’s PSRL-1, an American modernization of the Soviet RPG-7 family. In September 2015, AirTronic announced its move to Spring Branch, Texas, and described its PSRL development program.
Its history therefore includes both American development and a Soviet starting point. The game pairing remains a specialist identification, and it should not be presented as an entirely American invention.
Mixed histories and unsettled matches
A familiar American detail is not enough to assign an entire gun to the United States. These cases remain qualified in the roster.
Krait P68: German design, American consultants
The pistol is identified as the HK45, a German design related to the USP. HK’s own account credits American consultants Larry Vickers and Ken Hackathorn. That is a real U.S. contribution, alongside the weapon’s German development history. Activision’s guide also spells the name Karit P68 in its body text; we treat those spellings as one entry.
Warlord: the shotgun match is disputed
IMFDB’s main page proposes a heavily altered South African NeoStead 2000. Its discussion page proposes a hybrid drawing on the American DP-12. Those are competing views within one community, not independent confirmations. We leave the model and country unsettled.
Magpul FDC-9: an icon without a confirmed game name
IMFDB also identifies a Magpul FDC-9-style icon in the DMZ Progression video. Magpul's real folding design traces to the FMG-9 concept it showed in 2008, followed by a partnership with ZEV Technologies. The available game evidence is an icon, so its playable name and launch availability remain unconfirmed.
Hyeon Burst and X-58 Nyx: fictional mixtures
The illustrated comparisons identify these as combinations of real-world influences rather than replicas of one model. Hyeon includes a suggested Magpul PDR resemblance alongside its other influences. Nyx also mixes features. Neither provides a secure basis for calling the entire fictional gun American.
The 33 reported weapon entries
33 named entries · 9 classes
Open a class to compare every entry. Activision names 23 of these; ten are reported by game databases. This is a current reported roster, not a verified final retail menu.
The model column gives a real-world comparison, not developer-confirmed licensing. Country labels describe design history, not the origin of every physical component.
Conversions, mounted systems and holstered props appear separately below; they are not extra slots in the 33-name count.
Assault Rifles 8
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axion | Heckler & Koch HK437 | Germany | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · HK437 maker handbook: Oberndorf, Germany · Heckler & Koch: German company identity |
| Cronen Squall | GD-OTS / LoneStar / True Velocity RM277 | United States-led, with development partners | American design rootsGame name: specialist sourceAn American-led project with international development partners.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · True Velocity: RM277 maker page · GD-OTS partner-marked RM277 project sheet |
| Han 86 | Daewoo K2 | South Korea | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · SNT Motiv: K-series indigenous development · SNT maker catalogue: K2 and pistol family |
| Hyeon Burst | Fictional composite; FAD and reported Magpul PDR influences | Fictional North Korean depiction; Peruvian and other design influences | Origin uncertainGame name: publisher sourceFictional composite; a suggested Magpul detail does not establish the whole design’s origin.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
| Kastov 762 | Type 58 / AK-family hybrid | Soviet design lineage / North Korean configuration | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceThe depiction combines AK-family and North Korean details.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
| M4 | Stylized M4A1 / AR-15 family | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceSeveral configurations share this base weapon.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Colt: M4 history |
| Oden | ShAK-12 | Russia | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceGamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Rosoboronexport: ShAK-12 and GM-94 Russian product announcement |
| Patriot XMR | Primary Weapons Systems UXR | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · PWS: UXR manufacturer announcement |
Submachine Guns 5
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO Nightshade | B&T SPC9 | Switzerland | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · B&T SPC9 maker datasheet: Switzerland |
| PPSh-41 | PPSh-41, with North Korean Type 49 depiction | Soviet design lineage / North Korean depiction | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceThe depiction includes North Korean Type 49 details.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Royal Museums Greenwich: Shpagin design history |
| VEL 46 | Heckler & Koch MP7A2 | Germany | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceGamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Heckler & Koch: German company identity |
| Wz.55 Striga | PM-63 RAK | Poland | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourcePlayable in the beta’s campaign demo.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Podlaskie Museum of Technology: Polish PM-63 |
| X-58 Nyx | Fictional composite; Sterling, Type 100 and other influences | Unresolved multinational visual influences | Origin uncertainGame name: publisher sourceA fictional composite with no secure single real-world model.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
Shotguns 2
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rezi 12 | Beretta 1301, stylized | Italy | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceStylized version of the Beretta design.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Beretta: official 1301 family |
| Warlord | Unresolved: proposed NeoStead 2000; competing DP-12 identification | Unresolved: South African or American model basis | Origin uncertainGame name: specialist sourceNeoStead and DP-12-inspired identifications conflict; country remains unsettled.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification |
Light Machine Guns 3
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| APOC-338 | Ohio Ordnance Works REAPR (proposed) | United States | American design rootsGame name: specialist sourceName and model pairing reported by game databases.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Ohio Ordnance: syndicated REAPR manufacturer release |
| FiNN LMG | Knight's Armament LAMG | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Knight's: 2019 LAMG catalogue |
| Type 73 | North Korean Type 73 | North Korea | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceIdentification supported by specialist comparison; no primary historical account is cited here.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
Marksman Rifles 3
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAR-9 | Heckler & Koch G28 | Germany | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · HK: G28 in German Army service, CSASS derivative |
| Mosin-Nagant | Mosin-Nagant M91/30 | Russian / Soviet design lineage | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceRussian development included Belgian input and foreign manufacture, including U.S. contracts.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Royal Armouries: Mosin development and international manufacture |
| Oris 8.6 | Q The Fix | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Q: The Fix maker publication |
Sniper Rifles 3
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astaroth .57 | Snipex-family rifle; exact model disputed | Ukraine | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceThe exact Snipex model is disputed in the specialist discussion.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification |
| KG-7 Vulcan | Izhmash SV-98 | Russia | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Rostec: Izhmash design-centre announcement naming SV-98 |
| Signal .50 | Gepard GM6 Lynx | Hungary | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · SERO: GM6 maker, Gödöllő, Hungary |
Pistols 4
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| .50 GS | Desert Eagle Mark XIX | United States / Israel | Mixed design rootsGame name: publisher sourceAmerican conception and Israeli development; later U.S. production.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · Magnum Research: Desert Eagle company history |
| Krait P68 | Heckler & Koch HK45 | Germany, with U.S. design consultation | Mixed design rootsGame name: publisher sourceThe official guide also uses the spelling Karit P68. American consultants contributed to HK45 development.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · HK: Vickers and Hackathorn design consultation · HK45 maker introduction: USP lineage |
| Mojave .357 | Ruger-inspired revolver; Redhawk / GP100 identification disputed | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceRuger-inspired; Redhawk and GP100 identifications differ.Activision: NEXT multiplayer preview · IMFDB: visual model identification · Ruger: eight-shot .357 Redhawk announcement · GamesAtlas: competing GP100 identification |
| Sang 9mm | Daewoo K5 / DP51 family | South Korea | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceActivision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification · SNT Motiv: K-series indigenous development · SNT maker catalogue: K2 and pistol family |
Launchers 4
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOKR | FGM-148 Javelin | United States | American design rootsGame name: specialist sourceMissile system, counted separately from guns.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Lockheed Martin: Javelin development joint venture |
| PILA | 9K333 Verba / SA-25 with mixed visual details | Russia | Foreign design rootsGame name: publisher sourceStylized depiction combines details from more than one Soviet/Russian system.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
| PM-40 Anvil | GM-94 derivative | Russia | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceGamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · Rosoboronexport: ShAK-12 and GM-94 Russian product announcement |
| RPG-8 | AirTronic PSRL-1 | United States modernization of Soviet RPG-7 lineage | Mixed design rootsGame name: specialist sourceAmerican modernization of Soviet RPG-7 ancestry.GamesAtlas: secondary 33-name inventory · IMFDB: visual model identification · AirTronic’s 2015 announcement |
Melee 1
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Knife | Unresolved individual knife model | Unresolved | Melee weaponGame name: publisher sourceNo particular real-world manufacturer or model is established.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · IMFDB: visual model identification |
The following depictions and conversions are separate from the 33-name count.
Other depictions and conversions 10
| Game name | Real-world design | Design origin | Evidence and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M4 configuration | Daniel Defense M4 PDW-style | United States | American design rootsGame name: specialist sourceA configuration of the existing M4, not a separate base gun.IMFDB: M4 PDW visual identification |
| M4 Hurricane | AR-57 influence | United States | American design rootsGame name: publisher sourceAn M4 conversion, not a separate base gun.Activision: beta weapons guide (22 names) · Activision: NEXT multiplayer preview · IMFDB: AR-57 visual identification |
| M4 configurations | Mk 12 / URG-I-style variants | United States | American design rootsGame name: specialist sourceM4 configurations, not separate named base guns.IMFDB: M4 variants |
| Game name unconfirmed | Magpul FDC-9 (reported on-screen icon) | United States | Origin uncertainGame name: specialist sourceReported on-screen icon; playable name and availability remain unconfirmed.IMFDB: FDC-9 icon report |
| Game name unconfirmed | IWI Carmel | Israel | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourcePictured in promotional material; no confirmed separate game name.IMFDB: IWI Carmel |
| Game name unconfirmed | Heckler & Koch HK421 | Germany | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourcePictured in promotional material; no confirmed separate game name.IMFDB: HK421 · Heckler & Koch: German company identity |
| Holstered prop; game name unconfirmed | SIG Sauer P320 | Unresolved U.S.–German development history | Origin uncertainGame name: specialist sourceHolstered pistol; playable status unconfirmed.IMFDB: operator holsters |
| Mounted and background systems | M2HB · M242 · M240B · MIM-104 Patriot · Mk19 | American systems; M240B has Belgian FN MAG roots | Origin uncertainGame name: specialist sourceSpecialist reports of mounted depictions, not extra Create-a-Class slots.IMFDB: mounted weapons |
| Holsters and artwork | Glock 17 · Makarov PM · Vityaz-SN · AK-74M | Austria / Soviet Union / Russia | Foreign design rootsGame name: specialist sourceHolstered pistols, an operator portrait and calling-card art; playable slots are not established.Illustrated prop inventory |
| Other equipment and attachments | Zip Gun · TV Judicator · Miri 40mm · unidentified launcher · frag / M18 / M84 grenades | Mixed, fictional or unidentified | Origin uncertainGame name: specialist sourceEquipment and underbarrel attachments are acknowledged separately from the 33 base entries.Illustrated equipment inventory |
Sources and identification
Activision’s beta guide names 22 weapons. Its multiplayer preview additionally names Mojave .357. GamesAtlas and IMFDB supply the other ten names in the reported 33-entry roster. Their lists do not independently establish the final retail menu.
The Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB) and GamesAtlas provide real-world model comparisons. Manufacturer, museum and military sources support design histories; they do not confirm which models the game’s artists used. Competing identifications remain labeled.
The guide concerns designs represented in a video game. It does not certify where every component of a current physical weapon was sourced or manufactured. Research is current through October 19, 2026; no final retail-menu or hands-on playtest claim is made.
Official weapon cards show the base gun with statistics and Apex Attachment information. Other images are credited development or beta captures.
Game images © Activision. Archived development and beta captures are credited through their IMFDB file pages.
