HK418

The HK418 is a submachine gun that appears in BlastGen. It is only available in the Campaign and Multiplayer, but makes a brief appearance in Zombies, however it is unusable.

Campaign
A Marine can be seen firing a HK418 in the shooting range in the mission Camp Texas. An unusable HK418 can be seen in the armory next to the shooting range as well. The HK418 is also Corporal Arnett's signature weapon, equipped with a Holographic Sight, an angled grip, and a Suppressor. It is a rare find in the Campaign, occasionally dropped by the player's allies in the early missions, but further into the Campaign it is replaced by the UMP-5. The HK418 combines the mobility of a submachine gun and the damage of an assault rifle, effectively making it a multipurpose weapon.

Multiplayer
The HK418 is unlocked at Rank 19, and is the last submachine gun unlocked. In terms of damage, it deals a strong 50 damage per shot, requiring only 2 shots to kill an enemy. It has a small 20 round magazine, a steady rate of fire, and almost nonexistent recoil. If the player dislikes the HK418's slow fire rate, then they can equip Rapid Fire to make it much faster.

Its range is much further than other SMGs, with a maximum range of 90 metres before damage falloff occurs. It also has the tightest hipfire spread of all SMGs, almost comparable to most assault rifles. The HK418 is also unique in the fact that it can equip the Grenade Launcher attachment, since other SMGs cannot equip said attachment. However, it cannot equip the Masterkey.

Zombies
The weapon makes a brief appearance in the cutscene for the map Hotel being used by a soldier. It does not appear in said map or in any other map. However, the AK-74u appears instead to fulfill the 'rifle class' SMG role.