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                  Colt M4/A1    

Price: $3100
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Colt
Caliber: 5.56mm NATO
Clip Capacity: 30 rounds
Rate of Fire: 685 rpm
Weight Empty: 3.22 kg
Projectile Weight: 4 grams
Muzzle Velocity: 2900 ft/sec
Muzzle Energy: 1570 joules


     The colt M4/A1, which is only available to the counter-terrorists, is a formidable weapon.  Weighing only 3.34kg with a 30 round clip and an optional silencer, the colt is light and silent.  This allows for quick, quiet take downs and less reload time.  

    The colt is full automatic and has a fast rate of fire which makes it relatively easy to use.  However if you want to to stay alive you must resist the urge to hold the trigger down and let the bullets fly.  Doing this will not only empty you magazine in less than two seconds, but it will also make it almost impossible to hit anyone farther away then a few feet.  This is because as you begin to fire in full automatic the gun begins to shake.  After a few round it is impossible to hold the gun on target and the bullets scatter.  The way to combat this is to fire in quick, short bursts.  This allows to keep up a quick rate of fire and keep the gun on target.  Look at the following example.  Click on the pic if you wish to view it larger    

Foot steps can be heard coming down the ally.  Notice that the crosshair are kept at the chest height of who ever is around the corner.  This is so that Only small corrections will have to be made to bring the crosshairs on target. 


Side stepping out into the ally.  You could have stayed were you were but then you would have less chance of surprising them. Remember, because of the advantage of surprise the person who attacks first wins 90% of the time.  Notice how the crosshairs have become larger then in the first pic.      After taking down the fist guy, quickly switch to the other guy.  Notice how the crosshairs are small again.  That is because between switching from bad guy 1 to bad guy 2 you stopped shooting.  That allow the gun to be stabilized and re-aimed.

  
Firing in short bursts you are able to quickly deal with bad guy 2.