How do you unlock all of Battlefield 6’s weapons? EA’s long-awaited shooter launches with a big arsenal of 45 guns, from one-shot snipers to punchy shotguns – but you can only use a handful of these weapons when you first jump in.
To unlock Battlefield 6‘s best weapons – such as the pinpoint accurate PSR sniper, the reliable NVO-228E rifle and the rapid-fire USG-90, aka the P90 – you’re going to have to rank up and complete specific challenges.
In the guide below, we’ll list all of Battlefield 6’s weapons and how to unlock them, broken down by weapon class.
In this guide:
Assault Rifles
M433: One of the starting weapons. Solid for close-range fights.
B36A4 (aka the G36): Versatile rifle unlocked at rank 14.
SOR-556 MK2: A mid-to-long range rifle unlocked at rank 25.
AK4D: A slow-firing, hard-hitting battle rifle unlocked at rank 35.
TR-7: Unlocked at rank 50, and made for close-range combat.
KORD 6P67: Low recoil and fast-firing, unlocks when you complete the Rapid Fire 1 challenge. You need to first reach rank 23, then inflict 10,000 damage with assault rifles.
NVO-228E: High damage, reliable rifle unlocked by completing the Rapid Fire 2 challenge, which requires you to get 300 kills combined with the KORD 6P67 and B36A4, and also 100 kills from more than 50 metres while aiming down sights.
L85A3: A steady long-range rifle unlocked by completing Rapid Fire 3. You need to deal 4,000 damage at close quarters while hipfiring, plus get 300 combined kills with the SOR-556 MK2 and the NVO-228E.
Carbines
M4A1: A fast-firing carbine, unlocked at rank 2.
M277: Unlocked at rank 11. A middle-of-the-pack carbine with a smaller magazine.
AK 205: Unlocked at rank 22. Low damage, but very accurate.
M417 A2: A hard-hitting battle rifle unlocked at rank 32.
GRT-BC: Unlocked at rank 41. Close-range carbine that fires fast.
QBZ-192: Unlocks when you complete the Danger Close 1 challenge. Reach rank 23 and then get 250 kills while aiming down sights with carbines, plus 10,000 damage. Versatile, and comes with a bipod attachment slot.
SG 553R: A high-damage carbine unlocked by completing the Danger Close 2 challenge. You’ll need 100 kills with the QBZ-192 or M277, and 300 headshots with carbines.
SMGs
SGX: Unlocked from the start. An all-rounder, with attachments to improve its range.
PW5A3: Unlocked at rank 6. Accurate up to mid-range.
PW7A2: Unlocked at rank 19. Low damage, rapid fire.
UMG-40: A slow-firing accurate SMG unlocked at rank 29.
USG-90 (aka the P90): Unlocked at rank 36. Low damage but fires quickly.
KV9: Unlocks at rank 45. Fires lightning quick, but has a small mag.
SCW-10: Unlocked by completing the Close Quarters 1 challenge. Once you reach rank 23 you’ll need to amass 10,000 damage while aiming down sights with SMGs, and 200 close-quarter kills. It has the highest damage of any SMG, but the smallest magazine.
SL9: Accurate SMG unlocked by completing the Close Quarters 2 challenge. Get 300 kills with the SCW-10 and SGX combined, plus 20 multi-kills with SMGs.
LMGs
L110: Unlocked from the start. An all-rounder.
DRS-IAR: Unlocked at rank 9. A versatile LMG but only has a 30-round magazine.
M/60: Unlocked at rank 20. High damage, but fires slower.
RPKM: Another high-damage LMG. Unlocked at rank 30.
M123K: Unlocked at rank 38. The fastest-firing LMG, made for close quarters.
M250: Unlocks at rank 46. A longer-range weapon.
KTS100 MK8: Unlocked by completing the Bullet Storm 1 challenge. After rank 23, suppress 300 enemies with LMGs and deal 10,000 hipfire damage. Fires slowly, but very accurately.
M240L: A high-damage all-rounder, unlocked by completing the Bullet Storm 2 challenge. Get 7,000 combined damage with the RPKM or KTS100 MK8, plus 15 LMG multi-kills.
DMRs
M39 EMR: Versatile starting DMR.
LMR27: Unlocked at rank 16. Fires fast but deals less damage.
SVK-8.6: Unlocks at rank 33. High-damage, slow rate of fire.
SVDM: Unlocked by completing the Deadeye 1 challenge. After rank 23, land 100 headshots with DMRs, and deal 5,000 damage from over 75 metres. Another versatile DMR with lots of configuration options.
Sniper rifles
M2010 ESR: The starting sniper rifle. Powerful and has extreme range, but a small magazine.
SV-98: Unlocks at rank 26. Made for mid-to-long ranges.
PSR: Unlocked by completing the Deadeye 2 challenge. You’ll need to land 150 headshots from 200 metres or longer and get 300 kills. Another powerful extreme-range rifle.
Shotguns
M87A1: The starting shotgun, and the hardest-hitting. Pump-action.
M1014: Unlocks at rank 42. A semi-automatic shotgun with a seven-round magazine.
18.5KS-K: Fast-firing, but relatively low damage. Unlocked by completing the Point Blank 2 challenge, which has no rank restriction. You’ll need to complete Point Blank 1 first (2,000 damage and 200 close-range kills). Then, you need 25 kills in a single round with a shotgun, and five kills without reloading.
Pistols (secondary weapons)
P18: A versatile starting pistol.
ES 5.7: Unlocks at rank 24. Fires fast, and has a large magazine.
M45A1: Unlocks at rank 39. A hard-hitting all-rounder.
M44: Basically a .44 Magnum that fires slow but hits very hard. Unlocked at rank 48.
That wraps up our guide on unlocking all the different Battlefield 6 guns across each class of weapon. For more on Battlefield 6, read our loadout guides for the versatile M4A1 Carbine, the starting M433 Assault Rifle, and the SGX SMG.
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