Over the years, annual Call of Duty installments have featured different weapons of different strengths. Some are perpetually weak but others are at the opposite end of the scale: so strong they can be considered overpowered. Here, we\u2019re taking a trip down memory lane and picking the top 10 most overpowered weapons in Call of Duty history.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For this list, we\u2019re trying to ignore good <\/em>weapons and focus on those that were so strong, at least for a period of time, they qualified as OP. Not all were dominant for months, with the respective devs generally quick to nerf standout guns. However, some were at the height of their powers for inexplicably long periods so, without further ado, here are our picks.\u00a0<\/p>\n It wouldn\u2019t be a top ten list without some honorable mentions first. These weapons were all overpowered at some point, but pale in comparison to the other weapons that made the final list.\u00a0<\/p>\n The MP7 is a weapon that\u2019s featured multiple times throughout CoD history, returning in MW2 as the VEL 46. <\/strong>It\u2019s been strong in other titles, like Black Ops II, but never stronger than in 2011\u2019s Modern Warfare 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n High fire-rate, large magazines and unerring accuracy made it an outstanding weapon and one that wasn\u2019t really nerfed for the game\u2019s entire life-cycle. Here\u2019s hoping 2023\u2019s MW3 won\u2019t feature the same standout variant, if indeed the MP7 does make a return.<\/p>\n Another weapon that also features in the 2022 CoD installment, the M16A4 has never been stronger than in the original Modern Warfare, one of the most innovative and memorable FPS games there\u2019s ever been.\u00a0<\/p>\n It could drop enemies devastatingly quickly, with one three-bullet burst more than sufficient to take down an enemy. All you needed was a red dot sight for improved accuracy and there was no realistic counter. <\/p>\n The NV4 was a standout assault rifle across Infinite Warfare. Snappy ADS was accompanied by high damage and non-existent recoil, making a long-distance AR that somehow also thrived at close and medium ranges.\u00a0<\/p>\n For the overpowered weapons moniker, we\u2019re thinking especially of the Flatline variant, which came with increased accuracy and infinite damage range, making long range kills even easier. The Fallout was another strong variant but, for the most OP, we\u2019re nodding to the Flatline.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Famas has featured across many CoDs and under many different titles, but it\u2019s never been better than in the original Black Ops iteration. It ditched the full capitalization and burst-fire mechanic, becoming one of the most formidable fully automatic ARs CoD has ever seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n A breathtaking fire-rate was matched by damage to make a weapon that excelled at medium ranges. Despite the strong weapon pool it was part of, there was never a weapon that could take its top spot \u2013 or come particularly close.<\/p>\n We\u2019re sure the guns prior to the Brecci have caused ample frustration and acrimony. It\u2019s probably fair to say that few will have infuriated an entire game\u2019s player base for an entire year in the same way as the Brecci did.<\/p>\n A semi-automatic shotgun that could two-hit at almost any range, the Brecci was the original \u2018duf duf\u2019 and made the KV Broadside look like a child\u2019s toy. Throw on extended mags and fast mags and this thing could be hipfire-spammed to the user\u2019s content (and everyone else\u2019s malcontent).\u00a0<\/p>\n Another from Treyarch\u2019s 2015 installment, the Marshal 16 was a shotgun-pistol hybrid that was supposed to be a homage to Black Ops II\u2019s Executioner. Where that gun stank, the Marshal 16 didn\u2019t. It was a comfortable one-hit at all shotgun ranges and, to make matters worse, could be used akimbo and give players double the fire power (if slightly less range).\u00a0<\/p>\n It was made even more egregious as a supply drop only weapon, meaning it was pure random chance who got hold of it and who didn\u2019t. Thankfully, Treyarch were pretty quick to nerf it. For a matter of months though, a flash of a Marshal probably meant an incoming respawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another shotgun, the 725 will probably strike fear into the hearts of any readers who played the first in the rebooted Modern Warfare series. A double-barreled weapon, players might have been lulled into a false sense of security by the fact it could only fire two shots before a reload.\u00a0<\/p>\n That quickly became a moot point when the 725 started one-hitting people at assault rifle ranges. Throw a decent player and Fast Hands into the mix and it was genuinely unplayable for a short time. Maps like Shoot House became 6x 725s vs 6x 725s. After a few weeks, Infinity Ward nerfed the 725 in a big way (thank goodness).<\/p>\n We know this is technically not a weapon and more of an attachment. But given the \u2018noob tube\u2019 moniker lives on nearly 15 years after the original MW2 was in its prime, we\u2019re throwing these into the bronze medal position without hesitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was way too easy to load a grenade, launch it blindly at an enemy and come back with a quad feed. Pair that with the ability to cross-map enemies at the beginning of any match (and then switch classes with One Man Army Pro) and you had a recipe for disaster. MW2 is among the most fondly remembered CoDs of all time and, thinking about this weapon specifically, we\u2019re struggling to work out why.\u00a0<\/p>\n Most of the recent installments have been overpowered guns that were promptly nerfed. The World at War version of the MP40, outside of sounding incredible, was never nerfed. Back in the older CoDs, regular balancing patches and post-launch seasonal updates just weren\u2019t a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n As a result, a strong gun was always a strong gun. A crazy SMG with incredible range and round drums that tripled its magazine capacity was always a crazy SMG with incredible range and round drums that tripled its magazine capacity. That\u2019s exactly what the MP40 was. It\u2019s returned many times since the 2008 title but, thankfully, has never been nearly as overpowered. No other weapon in WaW came close.<\/p>\n Any veteran CoD fan probably expected this. If you didn\u2019t play 2009\u2019s MW2, let us educate you. The Model 1887 was a lever-action shotgun, meaning it already outperformed the usual range of pellet shotguns. Throw in Stopping Power to drastically increase its damage and range, then throw in a laser-like hipfire accuracy and, finally, throw in two of them in akimbo form and you get to the Model 1887s from the original Modern Warfare 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n They were absolutely as insane as they sound, with users able to flick onto opponents, fire and let the weapons do the rest. They\u2019re arguably the point where overpowered morphs into broken and, for that reason, they take our gold medal spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Those are the top 10 most overpowered weapons in Call of Duty history! <\/strong>We hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane and, if you didn\u2019t, console yourself with the fact that you\u2019ll likely never have to deal with them again.\u00a0<\/p>\nHonorable Mentions\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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10. MP7 (Modern Warfare 3 2011)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>9. M16A4 (Modern Warfare 2007, Modern Warfare Remastered)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>8. NV4 (Infinite Warfare)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>7. Famas (Black Ops)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>6. 205 Brecci (Black Ops 3)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>5. Marshal 16 (Black Ops 3)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>4. 725 (Modern Warfare 2019)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>3. Grenade Launchers (Modern Warfare 2 2009)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>2. MP40 (World at War)<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>1. Model 1887s (Modern Warfare 2 2009)<\/h3>\n
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