It is also magazine fed making it possible to attain a relatively high rate of fire for a sniper rifle and also allowing fast reload times. In addition to taking out enemy troops it is highly effective against unarmored enemy vehicles.

The biggest disadvantage of this weapon is it's massive kick when firing - no matter what fire mode you are in the immense kick will make you completely lose track of your target - the powerful scope also makes it harder to reaquire so you should make sure every shot counts. It is also extremely prone to jamming - do not pull the trigger in rapid sucession while using the M82 as this will almost certainly result in a jam within a few shots.