WEAPON DOSSIER · CS2 · Assault rifle

Everything about M4A4 in CS2

More accurate but less damaging than its AK-47 counterpart, the M4A4 is the full-auto assault rifle of choice for CTs.

Rifles In-game price $2,900 30 / 120 rounds

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M4A4 CS2 / M4A4

Damage 33 Body

Armor penetration 70% Body · armor: 23.1

Rounds / min 667 Recoil magnitude: 23

Magazine 30 120 rounds

M4A4

Recoil pattern

Recoil without moving the mouse. The crosshair marks the first shot.

Mouse movement

Move the mouse from the crosshair along the line to counter recoil. Scale depends on sensitivity.

Shots 30 / 30

M4A4 round profile

Effective range Medium to long

Firing rhythm Controlled spray

Defining trait

A 30-round magazine and 667 RPM suit multi-target trades; an armored opponent usually needs a follow-up after a headshot.

01 / DAMAGE

Damage by distance

Move the slider to inspect calculated damage per hit. Values are rounded; actual damage also depends on hit zone and armor.

Distance 500 game units

015003000

about 13 m

Head 128

Head · helmet 89.6

Body 32

Body · armor 22.4

One armored headshot is not enough at this distance

02 / CONTROL

Accuracy and spread

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter.

Recoil magnitude23

Base spread0.00060

Standing Diameter up to 14 cm at 12.7 m First-shot spread bound in the weapon’s primary mode

03 / FIELD NOTES

How to play it

Choose a range that suits the damage profile and stop before precision shots.

04 / HANDLING

Handling

Move speed: 225 u/s
Reserve ammo: 120
Reload fire lockout: 3.1 s

Values checked against CS2 weapon data · snapshot 2026-09-23 Source ↗

Reading the numbers

Why does damage change with distance?

The game applies a range modifier for every 500 game units. The slider models that modifier; it is not a guarantee for every encounter.

Is this a bullet spray pattern?

Compare first-shot spread bounds from game parameters. Stance changes inaccuracy; the distance slider changes the zone diameter. Coordinates from recorded OP.GG sequences: camera recoil without mouse compensation. Random bullet spread is excluded.