The weapon has moderate spread unless aimed down sights. The light machine gun has a decent rate of fire, high magazine capacity, damage, and remarkably fast reload speed. In 2281 within the New California Republic Army, the light machine gun is only issued to the NCR heavy troopers, the finest of the NCR troops.
The light machine gun is a fully automatic 5.56mm machine gun with a rapid rate of fire and an ammunition capacity of 90 5.56mm rounds.