ACOG Scope
From the Call of Duty Wiki
The ACOG Scope (Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight) is an optic available in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The ACOG scope can be used on any Assault Rifle (excluding the MP44), Light Machine Gun, or Submachine Gun after the player has unlocked all Marksman challenges for it (150 kills). It can also be used on a Sniper Rifle in lieu of its standard telescopic sight after 100 kills. Equipped as the weapon attachment, it replaces the iron sights or sniper scope and provides a 2x zoom. The increased zoom improves visibility over range, but increases idle sway - reducing accuracy. Effective bullet range is not actually affected by this attachment (all guns except shotguns have infinite range). The reticle is a red chevron ( ^ ).
Contents |
[edit] Advantages
- If you equip a silencer and ACOG scope with the bling-pro perk, it looks like it actually cancels out the silencer range drawback with very little range boost.
- The ACOG makes tracking moving targets (at long distances) much easier, since the target is magnified and while the gun is moving there is slightly less sway.
- Increased zoom means better visibility when shooting over long distances.
- The M40A3's base damage is raised to 75 with an ACOG.
- It converts sniper rifles into regular rifles, making them powerful semi-automatic or bolt-action substitutes.
- The G36C has little to no idle sway with ACOG.
- Some weapons (the M14, M21, Dragunov, R700, M82 and MP5) have reduced recoil.
- The ACOG makes it easier to use a sniper rifle in mid-range combat.
- It is faster to zoom in with an ACOG than a regular sniper scope.
- All of your HUD is visible when zoomed in with an ACOG; this is something that can't be accomplished with a sniper scope.
[edit] Drawbacks
- It has higher sway than iron sights or the Red Dot Sight, making pinpoint shooting difficult.
- It does not allow sniper rifles to be steadied. Also, when prone, you cannot scope in while moving, which you can do with standard sniper scopes.
- The opaque surroundings of the scope block the player's peripheral vision.
- It takes longer to sight through the scope compared to iron sights or the Red Dot Sight.
- The zoom on a sniper rifle is lowered considerably.
- The ACOG is not recommended for close quarters combat, as it zooms too close for a visible advantage.
- Most weapons (AK-47, M4, M16A4, G36C, G3, P90, Skorpion, AK-74u, Mini-Uzi, M249, RPD and M60E4) will suffer slight increase in recoil.
- Most automatic weapons are very hard to use at long range, even those with low recoil with iron sights and Red Dot Sight.
[edit] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
While lumped under the name ACOG, each scope is actually different depending on what weapon it is equipped to. The different types of ACOG scopes are:
- Normal ACOG scope (like the one seen on the ACR in the level Takedown)
- SUSAT (Only available on the L86 LSW)
Though in Multiplayer, the ACOG scope remains the same on all weapons.
[edit] Trivia
- In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare the ACOG can be used on nearly every rifle and submachine gun, but in real life it is only designed to be used on the M16 and M4, with special options available for the MP5, Uzi, AUG, M14, and certain other firearms. It is not designed to be accurate on any other weapon, especially not weapons like the AK-47 and Skorpion, which use calibers not in normal service in NATO forces. The TA31RCO, the particular model in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, is designed for use only with the M16 and M4.
- The ACOG in Modern Warfare 2 Is used with a farther eye-relief making it easier to aim.
- The ACOG in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is affected by the EMP on daytime maps, but in real life the TA31RCO uses fiber optics to collect ambient light to illuminate the recticule and doesn't use electricity in high light conditions, the user only needs to switch to the battery in low light conditions. In dark conditions it uses Tritium illumination also not needing a battery.
- In real life, the ACOG scope is designed to be fired and achieve a headshot while the bottom part of the chevron->^ is aligned with the target's shoulders and the vertex at the top is supposed to be aligned with the victim's head, as shown in the manual of the realistic combat simulator, third scope from the bottom of America's army: proper use of sights and optics. This also occurs in the Call of Duty series [UNCONFIRMED]
 The ACOG Scope mounted onto a M4A1 Carbine |
 Looking down the ACOG Scope |
 One style of ACOG Scope in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
