Techman Veruta XII Machine Gun

A fully automatic machine gun that fills the special weapon slot.

Description
This version of the Machine Gun replaced the Techman Arbalist V Machine Gun in Rundown 002.

The Machine Gun is a weapon that excels at crowd control against groups of smaller enemies, while being rather ineffective at taking down larger enemies compared to other special weapons; similar to the Combat Shotgun. This weapon comes with a large magazine, average damage and fire rate and can serve as a balanced counterpart to more specialized primary weapons like the TR22 Hanaway DMR. It also comes with a holographic sight, however this sight can sometimes be a disadvantage due to the high recoil of the weapon making the sight become misaligned. There is also a slight charge up when starting to shoot.

Pros

 * Decent damage.
 * High rate of fire.
 * High amount of reserve ammunition.
 * 50 round magazine capacity.
 * Good crowd control.

Cons

 * Short charge up before firing.
 * High vertical and moderate horizontal recoil.
 * Pronounced muzzle flash.

Tips

 * Due to the high recoil on this weapon, it can be worthwhile to hip fire often. The hip-fire accuracy is higher than one would expect.
 * Avoid reloading unless you are in a safe position. And when reloading, (just like most weapons), the reload animation can be cancelled by switching to another weapon and immediately switching back when the ammo count resets. This can be very useful to save a precious second or two when action is needed fast.