KN-44 (2024)

For another variant of the KN Platform, see KN-57.

The KN-44 (known as the ARAK in the alpha build and ARK-7 in the beta) is an assault rifle featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops III and its prequel comic, as well as in Call of Duty: Mobile. It was also planned to return in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 but was replaced by the KN-57.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]

"Full-auto assault rifle. Fast fire rate with moderate recoil."

— In-game description

Campaign[]

The KN-44 appears as the signature weapon for all factions, such as the 54 Immortals and Egyptian Army. In addition, the assault rifle appears in every mission. It is available after "New World" for The Player in the armory, and is the first Field Ops Kit for "In Darkness". It is the signature weapon for Jacob Hendricks, John Taylor, and Zeyad Khalil.

Report[]

The KN-44 is a widely manufactured military grade production of the KN weapon platform. The KN-44 is fast and easy to produce, making it ubiquitous amongst armies worldwide with a need to quickly arm large numbers of riflemen.

The KN weapon design affords production plants their choice of quality of parts, meaning that even though all KN-44 parts are interchangeable, there is no guarantee any two KN-44 rifles around the world will perform the same. Since there is no standard, the designation "KN-44" is typically given to any rifle of military issue fitting the KN pattern.' The KN-44 is highly customizable, and its standard pattern offers a good balance of stopping power, performance at range, and rate of fire. A properly built KN-44 with the right modifications can easily meet the performance demands of the modern infantryman.

Specifications[]

• Ammo: 7.62x39mm, 5.45x39mm
• Length: 880mm
• Weight: 3.05 kg
• Barrel: 415mm
• Production Years: 2062–Present
• Country of Origin: Russia

Multiplayer[]

The KN-44 is unlocked right from the start of Multiplayer. It is one of the default guns, meaning it can be used from level 1.

The KN-44 deals moderate damage. At any range short of 17.5 meters, it will take three hits to kill. Past this range the KN-44 will be a four-hit kill (in Hardcore, it will be a two hit kill past 50 meters). By default, the KN-44's headshot multiplier is only useful in Hardcore game modes, where the KN-44 can get a one headshot kill at any range. The KN-44 has medium penetration, as with most assault rifles.

The KN-44 fires fully automatic at 625 RPM and is only bested by the HVK-30 and the FFAR. It may be above average as an assault rifle in this regard, but all SMGs can match or best this fire rate. The iron sights are clean, but the KN-44 has omni-directional recoil, kicking upwards and to the sides equally. As well, the KN-44 by default has the highest amount of idle sway in the assault rifle category, and one of the highest amounts of idle sway in the game. Only the Vesper and SVG-100 have more idle sway by default.

The KN-44's handling characteristics are average for an Assault Rifle. It permits the user to move at 95% the base speed, 90% when firing the KN-44 while not aiming, and 38% when aiming the KN-44. The KN-44 has a moderately sized hip-fire spread and aims down the sights in 380 milliseconds. The KN-44 reloads fairly quickly, taking 2.03 seconds to reload the KN-44, 2.8 seconds if the KN-44 is empty, or 1.4 seconds to Reload Cancel the weapon.

The KN-44 has a 30-round magazine for an Assault Rifle, and spawning in with four magazines total, or 120 rounds by default.

The KN-44 has the usual assortment of Assault Rifle attachments available to it. The Recon Sight will increase the KN-44's zoom level while aiming, increase the KN-44's centerspeed to 1575, and reduce idle sway by ninety percent, making the KN-44 much more accurate by almost fully eliminating idle sway. The Grip can help somewhat in reducing the KN-44's recoil also but will not help improve overall accuracy as much as the Recon Sight.

The KN-44 takes exception from other Assault Rifles with the Long Barrel and Suppressor attachments. Long Barrel will grant the KN-44 only 13% longer range values, and the Suppressor's range reduction on the KN-44 is only 30%. This makes the Suppressor an overall stronger attachment on the KN-44, having lesser penalty and giving stealth bonuses.

Both the Quickdraw Grip and the Stock both help improve on the KN-44's handling characteristics by reducing the aim down sights time to 266 milliseconds and increasing the strafe speed to 68% while aiming (but reducing to 57% while firing and aiming). These attachments give great tangible benefits to the KN-44, and the player can't go wrong with choosing these attachments.

The Laser Sight will reduce the KN-44's hip-fire radius by a considerable amount, allowing the KN-44 to be very accurate from the hip.

FMJ allows the KN-44 to pierce through cover with greater efficiency. This makes the KN-44 quite powerful at shooting through light cover and moderately thick cover.

Fast Mag and Extended Mags both help the KN-44 in regard to reloading. Fast Mag will decrease the KN-44's reload times, with a reload cancel time of 0.77 seconds at all times. This makes the KN-44 reload considerably faster. Bear in mind, however, that the KN-44 will have one of the slowest first reloads of all Assault Rifles with Fast Mag. Extended Mags increases the KN-44's magazine capacity to 42 rounds and the KN-44's starting ammo loadout will increase to 168 rounds.

High Caliber is a powerful attachment on the KN-44, increasing the headshot multiplier to 1.6x over 1.1x. This makes headshots reduce the amount of shots to kill by one in core game modes. However, this effect is unnecessary in Hardcore game modes, with 1.1x being sufficient to guarantee a one headshot kill at any range.

Rapid Fire is fairly poor on the KN-44, only increasing the fire rate to 666 RPM, a poor upgrade over the KN-44's 625 RPM. Due to the small tangible benefit, it is within usual interest to avoid the attachment.

Attachments[]

• Reflex (unlocked at weapon level 2)
• Quickdraw (unlocked at weapon level 3)
• Grip (unlocked at weapon level 4)
• Recon (unlocked at weapon level 5)
• Suppressor (unlocked at weapon level 6)
• High Caliber (unlocked at weapon level 7)
• Varix 3 (unlocked at weapon level 8)
• Stock (unlocked at weapon level 9)
• BOA 3 (unlocked at weapon level 10)
• Laser Sight (unlocked at weapon level 11)
• FMJ (unlocked at weapon level 12)
• Thermal (unlocked at weapon level 13)
• Fast Mags (unlocked at weapon level 14)
• Extended Mag (unlocked at weapon level 15)
• ELO (unlocked at weapon level 16)
• Long Barrel (unlocked at weapon level 17)
• Rapid Fire (unlocked at weapon level 18)

Zombies[]

The KN-44 appears as a wall weapon that costs 1400 points which appears in Shadows of Evil, The Giant, Kino der Toten, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubou No Shima, Gorod Krovi and Revelations. It can also be found in the Mystery Box in Zetsubou No Shima and Revelations, as well as all Zombies Chronicles maps.

The KN-44 can be compared to the Kuda, featuring the same amount of ammunition as the SMG, but trading the faster strafing speed and fire rate for a larger headshot multiplier. The KN-44's reliability makes it an efficient weapon during early rounds, allowing players to purchase more ammunition whenever they want. However, the KN-44's low damage, average magazine size and low reserve ammunition count can be a letdown compared to other weapons the player can get.

When upgraded via the Pack-a-Punch Machine, it becomes the Anointed Avenger, with an increased magazine capacity, more reserve ammo, and increased damage.

The Anointed Avenger is easily one of the most effective assault rifles in Zombies. Low recoil, high reserve ammo, and devastating headshot damage turn the Anointed Avenger into a laser beam of an assault rifle similar to the Galil and AN-94 from past games. The Anointed Avenger's ability to score fast, accurate, and powerful headshots proves useful while camping and invaluable while training. Combined with ammo being buyable off the wall, this makes it one of the most consistently dependable assault rifles in the game.

As with most weapons, it is recommended to run Double Tap Root Beer to maximize damage.

The KN-44 appears in a blueprint made by Dr. Monty, which is seen both in The Giant and a loading screen from the zombies comics. A copy of the KN-44 also appears during the Der Eisendrache Easter Egg My Brother's Keeper, where a KN-44 flies from Dempsey's Rocket into a bush along with Dempsey's cryo-chamber.

Locations:[]

• Shadows of Evil: Above the Canals near the Perk Machine and Tram in the Canal District and on the front of the toll booth in the Footlight District.
• The Giant: To the left of Teleporter Z-C where the STG-44 used to sit in Der Riese.
• Kino der Toten: In the Dressing Room.
• Der Eisendrache: In Samantha's Bedroom and to the left of Juggernog.
• Zetsubou No Shima: To the right of the FlaK 88 Cannon.
• Gorod Krovi: Above the Tank Factory, near the Gobblegum Machine.
• Revelations: Behind the Verrückt section of the map and underneath the Mound in Origins.
• Nacht der Untoten: Across the stairs to the help room.
• Can only be picked up from the mystery box in Verrückt
• Shi No Numa: In the Doctor's Quarters.
• Kino der Toten: In the Dressing Room.
• Ascension: Across the stairs to where Mule Kick is.
• Shangri-La: In the room right before the Power Room if coming from the Mine Cart area by the perk machine.
• Moon: Outside where Mule Kick is.
• Origins: Near Generator Station 4.

KN-44 vs Anointed Avenger[]

	KN-44	Anointed Avenger
Damage	120-70	200
Multiplier	head: x4 chest: x1 abdomen: x1	head: x5 chest: x1 abdomen: x1
Fire mode	Automatic	Automatic
Rate of fire	625 RPM	625 RPM
Magazine size	30	50
Max ammo	210+30	350+50
Mobility	Moderate	High
Extras		Extended Mags, FMJ, higher damage, more reserve ammo

Gallery[]

For attachment variants, see KN-44/Attachments.

For camouflage images, see KN-44/Camouflage.

Pre-Release[]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4[]

The KN-44 is a cut assault rifle from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. It can be seen in pre-alpha footage, and remnants of the weapon still remains within the game files. Most of the character models also use the KN-44 magazine on their character models. Instead, the KN-57 was made usable in game.

Some unusable golden KN-44s can be seen on the wall in the multiplayer maps Hacienda and Hacienda Twilight. The weapon was also previously seen wielded by "Tank" Dempsey in the poster artwork of Blood of the Dead. The KN-44 is also seen in the intro cutscene in Tag der Toten, held by Samuel J. Stuhlinger, but the KN-44 does not actually appear in the level.

Gallery[]

Call of Duty: Mobile[]

"Fully automatic assault rifle. High rate of fire with moderate recoil."

— Description

The KN-44 returns in Call of Duty: Mobile. it was added during the Season 4: Disavowed update, acquired via Heavy Shot event. As of Season 9: Conquest update, the weapon is unlocked at level 23.

Multiplayer[]

The KN-44 has low damage drop off at range and low recoil, giving it good combative edge in mid to long range encounters. At close range, however, the gun faces many other guns of its class that are better at scoring quick kills, putting the KN-44 at a great disadvantage. The recoil is mostly horizontal that only kicks in after firing the first 10 shots. Compared to the LK24, the KN-44 has the same fire rate and damage, but due to the lower damage drop off per shot, hitting one headshot at mid range will give the KN-44 a big advantage, but this is hard to achieve due to the rather bouncy recoil.

Battle Royale[]

The KN-44 has low recoil and moderate damage, but its fire rate is less effective at close range. It can be found on the ground like most weapons without attachments.

Attachments[]

Muzzle[]

• OWC Light Suppressor
• OWC Light Compensator
• RTC Light Muzzle Brake
• Tactical Suppressor
• MIP Light Flash Guard
• Monolithic Suppressor
• MIP Light Muzzle Brake

Barrel[]

• MIP Light Barrel (Short)
• OWC Ranger
• OWC Marksman

Optic[]

• Classic Red Dot Sight
• Red Dot Sight 3
• Red Dot Sight 6
• Holographic Sight 2
• 3X Tactical Scope 1
• Classic Holographic Sight
• Holographic Sight 3
• 4X Tactical Scope
• 3X Tactical Scope 2
• 3X Tactical Scope 3
• Red Dot Sight 4
• Red Dot Sight 5
• Holographic Sight 1
• OWC 4.4X Tactical Scope
• RTC 4.4X Tactical Scope
• Red Dot Sight 1
• Red Dot Sight 2
• Tactical Scope

Stock[]

• YKM Light Stock
• MIP Strike Stock
• YKM Combat Stock
• No Stock

Rear Grip[]

• Stippled Grip Tape
• Granulated Grip Tape
• Rubberized Grip Tape

Ammunition[]

• 44 Round Extended Mag
• 38 Round Fast Reload

Underbarrel[]

• Strike Foregrip
• Merc Foregrip
• Operator Foregrip
• Ranger Foregrip
• Tactical Foregrip A

Laser[]

• RTC Laser 1mW
• MIP Laser 5mW
• OWC Laser - Tactical

Perks[]

• FMJ
• Tough
• Long Shot
• Melee Master
• Sleight of Hand
• Wounding
• Full Ammo
• Disable

Blueprints[]

Epic[]

Legendary[]

• Color Spectrum
• Dance of Death
• Mystic Fox
• Shadow's Wings
• Dark Harbinger

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Prequel Comic[]

• In the prequel comic, the KN-44's grip and stock are in a brown-like color, while the magazine is metallic black, enlarged and shorter in length.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]

• When equipping the Diamond Camouflage for this weapon, the camo blinks in a special way unlike other weapons. It appears to blink in Morse code for the word "Time".^[1]
• Although the weapon is listed as Russian in origin in the Data Vault, the weapon textures themselves have "Belfast, UK" engraved on the side.
  • Furthermore, "7.62×51mm" is also engraved, despite the Data Vault only stating that the weapon can be chambered in 7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm.
• The number "27" can be seen written in red on the side of the weapon.
• In the camo challenge HUD picture for Gold Camouflage, it shows the KN-44 with the handguard, the pistol grip, the magazine and the stock completely black. However, when Gold camouflage is applied, the entire weapon, except the magazine, turns golden.
• The weapon description states that the KN-44 has a fast fire rate, even though its rate of fire is only 625 RPM, quite slow for automatic weapons.
• There is an optic rail on the KN-44 when an optic attachment is equipped. This rail is integrated on the third person model.
  • "Endgame" can be seen on the optic rail.
• Equipping the laser sight adds two rails on the handguard, there rails are also integrated on the third person model.

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