Cold War Season 3 Weapon Updates: Full List Breakdown

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season 3 starts today, April 21—kicking off with a huge host of weapon changes ahead of its launch.

Black Ops Cold War players are about to move into the next stage of the game starting late on Wednesday, April 21. With a new map, new operators, and all new content to work through, it only follows that Activision and Treyarch would be eager to make some changes to how some fan-favorite weapons will handle on the other side.

Black Ops Cold War Season 3 Weapon Updates

We've broken down each weapon category for clarity. Players should find the categories and their sub-headings in alphabetical order.

Assault Rifles

Attachments:

• Added an ADS move speed bonus to the following barrel attachments for assault rifles: Ultralight, Contour, Contour M2, CMV Mil-Spec.

FFAR1:

• Reduced recoil penalties on Task Force Barrel attachment by 10% total.
  
• Increased bullets added to 34 RND magazine attachment from 34 to 38.
  
• Reduced reload speed penalty on 34 RND magazine attachment from 10% to 5%.
  
• Increased bullets added to 38 RND Speed Mag magazine attachment from 34 to 38.
  
• Reduced ADS speed penalty on 38 RND Speed Mag magazine attachment from 20% to 10%.

Krig 6:

• Increased headshot multiplier from 1.25 to 1.4.
  
• Reduced max damage from 35 to 33.

Light Machine Guns (LMGs)

Light Machine Gun Alpha:

• Reduced max damage from 42 to 38.
  
• Reduced max range from 38.1m to 21.59m.
  
• Slight increase to vertical recoil.
  
• Slightly reduced ADS speed.
  
• Reduced range bonus on Match Grade Barrel attachment from +100 to +50%.
  
• Reduced range penalty of Division Barrel attachment from -25% to -12%.

M60:

• Reduced max range from 76.2m to 20.4m.
  
• Reduced ADS speed by 13.8%.
  
• Increased probability of horizontal view kick when hip-firing.
  
• Reduced range bonus on Match Grade Barrel attachment from +100% to +50%.
  
• Reduced range penalty of Division Barrel attachment from -25% to -15%.

RPD:

• Increased max damage from 38 to 42.
  
• Reduced max range from 50.8m to 20.4m.
  
• Reduced ammo capacity from 75 to 50.
  
• Reduced range bonus on Match Grade Barrel attachment from +100% to +50%.
  
• Reduced range penalty of Division Barrel attachment from -25% to -15%.

Shotguns

Hauer 77:

• Increased max range from 5.08m to 5.72m.
  
• Reduced range penalty on Task Force Barrel attachment from 12% to 7%.
  
• Reduced damage bonus on Task Force Barrel attachment.

Shotgun Bravo:

• Increased mid damage range from 9.14m to 10.16m.
• Increased mid-range pellet damage from 2 to 3.
• Reduced max damage from 118 to 108.

Streetsweeper:

• Removed 1-shot kill potential.
  
• Decreased max damage from 138 to 88.
  
• Reduced mid-range pellet damage from 6 to 5.
  
• Reduced damage bonus on Task Force Barrel attachment.

Submachine Guns (SMGs)

Sprint Speed:

• Reduced sprinting speed of all SMGs. Pistols are now the fastest guns to sprint with.
• With specific attachments, an SMG may now allow sprinting as fast as a pistol.

Tactical Rifles

Tactical Rifle Charlie:

• Reduced max range from 30.48m to 19.05m.
• Increased burst fire delay from 0.216 to 0.233.
• Increased max damage from 51 to 52.
• Increased headshot multiplier from 1.25 to 1.4.
• Reduced range bonus on Task Force barrel attachment from +50% to +40%.
• Reduced damage bonus on Task Force barrel from +15% to +12%.

Players can find the full patch notes and more information about this update on the official Call of Duty blog.