Weaponry is the difference between life and death in GTA Online. It helps you defend yourself from other players, helps you complete missions to earn money, helps you defend yourself while running businesses, the list goes on. However, weapons alone are often not enough. You need more firepower. Something different that gives you an edge while fending off your enemies. This article explores the most powerful variants of traditional weapons. GTA Online MK II Guns Explained covers everything you need to know about Mark 2 guns and works as a guide.
Summary GTA Online MK II Weapons Explanation Ammo Types: 1. Crawler Rounds: 2. Incendiary Rounds: 3. Armor Piercing Rounds: 4. Full Metal Coating Rounds: MK II Weapon Variants 1. Assault Rifle MK II 2.Bullpup Rifle MK II 3.Carbine Rifle MK II 4. Combat MG MK II 5. Heavy Revolver MK II 6.Heavy Sniper MKII 7. Sniper Rifle MK II 8. Pistol MK II 9. Shotgun Bomb MK II 10. SMG MK II 11. Special Carbine MK II
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GTA Online MK II weapons explanation
Ammo types:
All MK2 weapons have access to different types of ammunition. However, these ammo types need to be unlocked by researching them in the bunker. When these are equipped, the magazine capacity is reduced by 30-20. The different types of ammunition are:
1. Tracker rounds:
They only have an aesthetic effect and do not serve a real purpose.
2. Incendiary rounds:
These are fire bullets, but they set fire to the target
3. Armor Piercing Rounds:
These are bullets with higher damage and damage per second stats
4. Full metal casing rounds:
These bullets increase damage to vehicles and can penetrate bulletproof glass.
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Weapon variants MK II
The various upgradeable MK II weapons available are:
1. Assault Rifle MK II
Conversion cost: $98.750
The MK II upgrade of the classic assault rifle. This update increases weapon damage from 30 to 40 units.
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2.Bullpup Rifle MK II
Conversion cost: $105.750
The Bullpup Rifle MK II has the highest damage per second stat in the game. The upgrade increases the damage from 32-33 units.
3.Carbine Rifle MK II
Conversion cost: $107.500
This is one of the most popular weapons in GTA Online. Upgrade increases damage from 30-33 units, improves accuracy and spreads significantly
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4. Combat MG MK II
Conversion cost: $119.000
The MKII version of the main machine gun in GTA Online offers a slightly increased damage from 45-47 units.
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5. Heavy Revolver MK II
Conversion cost: $99.000
The classic revolver can also be upgraded to the MK II. The upgrade increases the damage from 160-200 units, which is a significant increase. Reload and draw times also increased by 50%
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6.Heavy Sniper MKII
Conversion cost: $165.375
This MK II version of the bolt-action shooter not only increases damage from 216 to 230 units, but also gives access to night vision scopes.
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7. MK II Sniper Rifle
Conversion cost: $149.000
The Marksman Rifle MK II offers increased damage when upgraded, from 65-75 units.
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8. MK II Pistol
Conversion cost: $73.750
This version of the Pistol increases damage from 26-32 units.
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9. Bomb Shotgun MK II
Conversion cost: $82.500
The MK II Bomb Shotgun only provides an increased damage of 29-32 units.
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10. SMG MK II
Conversion cost: $85.500
The SMG MK II increases weapon damage from 22-25 units while increasing the rate of fire significantly allowing for better hits
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11. Special Carbine MK II
Conversion cost: $135.000
The upgrade increases damage from 32-2,5. However, the already high rates of fire and high accuracy make this weapon the best weapon in the game.
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These were the different weapons of MK II in GTA Online. some of the values may seem very insignificant, but they are impactful in practical combat where even 1 unit of damage is important.
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