How to unlock the top tier guns in Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2
The best Warzone 2 guns cover a range of assault rifles, SMGs, LMGs and more. The best guns include things like the M4, Fennec 45 and RPK, and while things change over time there’s a core set of weapons that are rarely a bad choice.
The meta nearly always favours range and fast kill times, but getting both at once is the trick. It also depends on how you play: something like the Fennec is lethal, but works best at close ranges so there’s no point taking that into Warzone 2 and fighting from medium to long distance (although if you’re hellbent on fighting mids with an SMG the FSS Hurricane is perfect).
Basically, what the best Warzone 2 gun is, depends on you. So think hard about how you actually play Modern Warfare 2 as that will dictate the best option to pick. To help you, we’re going to run through some good overall choices, as well as the best weapon in each class. We’ve also got some ideas on the best Warzone 2 loadouts in Modern Warfare 2 as well if you want to think about your whole set up.
Best Warzone 2 guns tier list
These are what we think are the best guns in Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 right now:
- RKG (LMG)
- FSS Hurricane (SMG)
- M4 (Assault Rifle)
- Fennec 45 (SMG)
- TAQ-56 (Assault Rifle)
- Chimera (Assault Rifle)
- Vaznev-9K (SMG)
- SP-R 208 (Marksman Rifle)
- SIGNAL 50 (Sniper Rifle)
Assault Rifles
- M4 (Check out our best M4 loadouts Modern Warfare 2)
- TAQ-56 (Unlocks at MR 20)
- Chimera
- Lachmann-556 (Unlocks by leveling the Lachmann-762 to lvl 13)
- STB 556 (Unlocks at MR 41)
- M16 (Unlocks by leveling the 556 Icarus to lvl 13)
- Kastov-74U (Unlocks by leveling the Kastov 545 to lvl 13)
- Kastov 545 (Unlocks by leveling the Kastov 762 to lvl 10)
light machine guns
- RPK (Unlocks by leveling the Kastov 762 to lvl 16 )
- RAAL MG (Unlocks at MR 25)
- Sakin MG38
- HCR 56 (Unlocks by leveling the STB 556 to lvl 20)
- RAPP H (Unlocks by leveling the Lachmann-556 to lvl 16)
- 556 Icarus (Unlocks by leveling the M4 to lvl 13)
Sub Machine Guns
- FSS Hurricane (Unlocks by leveling the M4 to lvl 13)
- Fennec 45 (Unlocks at MR 38)
- Vaznev-9K (Unlocks by leveling the Kastov-74U to lvl 15)
- Lachmann Sub (Unlocks by leveling the Lachmann-556 to lvl 12)
- MX9 (Unlocks by leveling the STB 556 to lvl 13)
- Minibak (Unlocks by leveling the Vaznev-9K to lvl 14)
- PDSW 528 (Unlocks at MR 5)
Battle Rifles
- Lachmann-762
- SO-14 (Unlocks by leveling the EBR-14 to lvl 12)
- TAQ-V (Unlocks by leveling the TAQ-56 to lvl 11)
- FTAC Recon (Unlocks by leveling the M4 to lvl 13)
Marksman Rifles
- SA-B 50 (Unlocks by leveling the SP-R 208 to lvl 13)
- ERB-14
- SP-R 208 (Unlocks at MR 7)
- Lockwood MK2 (Unlocks at MR 28)
- LM-S (Unlocks by leveling the Lachmann-762 to lvl 17)
- TAQ-M (Unlocks by leveling the TAQ-56 to lvl 20)
Sniper Rifles
- MCPR-300
- SIGNAL 50 (Unlocks at MR 44)
- LA-B 330 (Unlocks by leveling the SA-B 50 to lvl 16)
- SP-X 80 (Unlocks by leveling the LA-B 330 to lvl 17)
Shotguns
- Bryson 800
- Expedite 12 (Unlocks at MR 9)
- Lockwood 300 (Unlocks at MR 36)
- Bryson 890 (Unlocks by leveling the Bryson 800 to lvl 16)
Pistols
- P890
- .50 GS (Unlocks at MR 13)
- X12 (Unlocks at MR 31)
- Basilisk (Unlocks at MR 39,take look at our top lodaut )
- X13 Auto (Unlocks by leveling the X12 to lvl 10)
Lauchers
- PILA
- STRELA-P (Unlocks at MR 14)
- JOKR (Unlocks at MR 24)
- RPG-7 (Unlocks at MR 32)
Melee weapons
- Riot Shield (Unlocks as a primary weapon at MR 37)
- Combat Knife (Unlocks as a secondary weapon at MR 17)