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M4A1 is one of the basic Assault Rifles available in all CF versions (mostly as starting weapons in Item Shop).
Overview
This gun is fairly popular as it has decent accuracy, fairly low recoil and moderate damage but has a slower draw/reload time than AK47. Overall, M4A1 is a great gun for beginners, is good for almost any situation and is available without any rank requirements.
At close distance, it falls short to higher-power rifles such as the AK47, SCAR Heavy and Shotgun. Medium range is the strength of the M4A1 because of its decent accuracy and medium recoil. Bursting may be required at long range; single shots over long distances hit well. However, as players rank up, they may choose to abandon the M4A1 in favor of even more accurate, lower-recoil rifles such as the SCAR Light or XM8. All in all, the M4A1 is a reliable weapon with decent stats and not entirely obsoleted by higher-ranked weapons. The M4A1 has good rate of fire and is effective at close range.
Advantages
- High accuracy
- Purchasable in Item Shop for GPs
- Medium recoil
- Controllable spray pattern
- High rate of fire
Disadvantages
- Low damage compared to AK47
- Very loud
- Accuracy gets worse when sprayed
- Slow draw/reload speed
In all CF versions, this gun is available in Item Shop (GP item), no rank restriction. As mentioned earlier, it's widely popular among beginners, and most of them choose this gun as their starting weapon.
Technical details
M4A1 is heavily used by the U.S military. It is slated to eventually replace the M16 rifle for most combat units in the United States Army. It uses 5.56x45mm NATO rounds, used by most assault rifles.
Variants
The basic variant of M4A1 without any extra attachments.
Variants of M4A1 that have attached silencers.
Custom M4A1 variants with red dot sights and silencers, as well as folding stocks.
M4A1 variants featuring RIS rail handguards. Some variants are equipped with silencers.
The other variants of M4A1 with added silencers, optical sights and unique skins.
Exclusive Variants
- M4A1-S CFCB: Ammo +5, silencer. Available only & exclusively in CF Indo as a timed-prize for CFCB (CrossFire City Battle) regional tournament.
Trivia
- The M4A1 is available on the ground in many Elimination maps (Crossroads, Alaska, etc.), along with the AK-47 and AWM.
- In CF Philippines, you can obtain a locked M4A1 (3 Days) that can only be unlocked when your rank is Sergeant 3rd Class. You can also obtain the permanent version just by doing the Daily Beginner Guide, even if you just started playing CF.
- Much like M4A1-S, this gun receives a new model starting with M4A1-Phoenix. However, only two variants ever adapted the new model, Phoenix and Xmas2, before all future M4A1s are silenced variants. This new model was later used for the CFS 2016 variant of the M4A1 instead of the old one like M4A1-Balance.
- The M4A1 has a total of 109 variants. It's considered to be "finished", as no further models have been released. It's the weapon with most variants on the game.
- M4A1-Guitar is the guitar variant featured in Crossfire. Categorized as other variants, it is a different shape and draw/reload animation unlike other M4A1's re-skinned. Later, this is following by Cat Rifle-M4A1, which has a unique model and animations compared with other variants.
- This weapon can be seen regularly in many characters' health bar icon as the characters hold it to aim. The other is MP5.
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See Also
- M4A1 Silencer - Silenced version of the M4A1
- M4A1 Custom - Customized with silencer and scope
- M4A1-X - Customized with front handle grip and carrying stock removed