Call of Duty 4 Guns & Weapons
29 illustrated base weapons: 26 multiplayer firearms, the RPG-7 and two campaign launchers.
Weapon scope
Multiplayer firearms may also appear in campaign. Base weapon models are listed once; the RPG-7 is equipped through its Tier 1 perk. Javelin and Stinger are campaign launchers. Attachments, grenades, placed explosives and fixed weapons are outside this directory.
Assault rifles
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM16A4
A three-round-burst multiplayer rifle. The campaign version fires automatically.
- Fire type
- Three-round burst (MP)
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceAK-47
A fully automatic rifle carried throughout the campaign and selectable in multiplayer.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM4 Carbine
An automatic assault rifle. Campaign M4A1 variants carry different attachments from the multiplayer M4 Carbine.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceG3
A semi-automatic multiplayer rifle for deliberate shots. Campaign enemies also carry automatic versions.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic (MP)
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceG36C
A compact automatic assault rifle, used by the SAS and available in multiplayer classes.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM14
A semi-automatic rifle with noticeable recoil, suited to spaced shots rather than continuous fire.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceMP44
The World War II-era automatic rifle appears as a multiplayer unlock without normal attachment choices.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Submachine guns
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceMP5
A compact automatic submachine gun. The suppressed MP5SD is especially prominent in SAS campaign missions.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceSkorpion
A small automatic submachine gun with a short magazine, built for close engagements.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceAK-74u
The compact automatic AK weapon occupies a submachine-gun slot in the multiplayer lineup.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceMini-Uzi
An automatic submachine gun with a folding stock and a rapid close-range firing role.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceP90
A bullpup submachine gun distinguished by its large magazine and top-mounted ammunition feed.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Light machine guns
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM249 SAW
A belt-fed American machine gun carried by Marines and selected for sustained multiplayer fire.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceRPD
A Soviet belt-fed machine gun. Its sustained fire comes with a lengthy belt reload.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM60E4
A heavy automatic machine gun in the multiplayer lineup, with a rare campaign appearance near the finale.
- Fire type
- Fully automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Shotguns
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceW1200
A pump-action shotgun for close quarters, reloaded one shell at a time.
- Fire type
- Pump-action
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM1014
A semi-automatic shotgun that delivers quick follow-up shots before its small tube magazine needs reloading.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Sniper rifles
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM40A3
A bolt-action sniper rifle for measured shots, available at the start of multiplayer class selection.
- Fire type
- Bolt-action
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM21
A semi-automatic sniper rifle; a suppressed version accompanies the Pripyat campaign missions.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceDragunov
A semi-automatic sniper rifle used by enemy marksmen and selectable in multiplayer.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceR700
A bolt-action sniper rifle with a small magazine, rewarding a careful shot-and-reload rhythm.
- Fire type
- Bolt-action
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceBarrett .50cal
A large semi-automatic sniper rifle, used for the assassination attempt in One Shot, One Kill.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Pistols
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceUSP .45
A semi-automatic sidearm. Suppressed campaign versions accompany several SAS operations.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM9
A semi-automatic pistol with a larger magazine than the other normal multiplayer sidearms.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceM1911 .45
A semi-automatic pistol and selectable multiplayer sidearm; Price slides one to Soap during the campaign finale.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceDesert Eagle
A powerful semi-automatic sidearm with pronounced recoil. Its gold finish is a cosmetic version of the same weapon.
- Fire type
- Semi-automatic
- Availability
- Multiplayer loadout
Launchers
Original Call of Duty 4 weapon menu icon. Picture sourceRPG-7
An unguided rocket launcher. Multiplayer equips it through the RPG-7 x2 first-slot perk.
- Fire type
- Single-shot rocket
- Availability
- Campaign pickups; multiplayer RPG-7 x2 perk
Original Call of Duty 4 game image. Picture sourceFGM-148 Javelin
A lock-on anti-tank launcher used during The Bog and Heat. It is absent from multiplayer loadouts.
- Fire type
- Lock-on missile
- Availability
- The Bog and Heat campaign missions
Original Call of Duty 4 game image. Picture sourceFIM-92 Stinger
A lock-on anti-air launcher used to bring down a pursuing helicopter in Hunted.
- Fire type
- Lock-on missile
- Availability
- Hunted campaign mission
Edition notes
Original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), its PC/Mac editions and original console maps. Wii Reflex (2009) shares the campaign and launch maps, with differences noted. Modern Warfare Remastered, the 2019 reboot and the separate DS game are outside this guide.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game imagery © Activision. Original game pictures and references: Call of Duty Guide.
References
Covered edition: Original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), its PC/Mac editions and original console maps. Wii Reflex (2009) shares the campaign and launch maps, with differences noted. Modern Warfare Remastered, the 2019 reboot and the separate DS game are outside this wiki.
- Call of Duty Wiki: M16A4
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- Call of Duty Wiki: AK-47
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M4 Carbine
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- Call of Duty Wiki: G3
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- Call of Duty Wiki: G36C
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M14
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- Call of Duty Wiki: MP44
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- Call of Duty Wiki: MP5
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- Call of Duty Wiki: Skorpion
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- Call of Duty Wiki: AK-74u
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- Call of Duty Wiki: Mini-Uzi
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- Call of Duty Wiki: P90
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M249 SAW
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- Call of Duty Wiki: RPD
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M60E4
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- Call of Duty Wiki: W1200
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M1014
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M40A3
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M21
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- Call of Duty Wiki: Dragunov
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- Call of Duty Wiki: R700
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- Call of Duty Wiki: Barrett .50cal
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- Call of Duty Wiki: USP .45
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M9
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- Call of Duty Wiki: M1911 .45
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- Call of Duty Wiki: Desert Eagle
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- Call of Duty Wiki: RPG-7
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- Call of Duty Wiki: FGM-148 Javelin
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- Call of Duty Wiki: FIM-92 Stinger
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