Whether you take a close-range stealth approach or like to take out enemies at medium range, it’s good to know the best Modern Warfare 3 SMGs for your personal playstyle.
Below, we go over the three best SMGs you can use in Modern Warfare 3, including how to unlock them and what their ideal attachments are.
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The best submachine guns in Modern Warfare 3
Taking their base stats, potential with attachments, and community observations and placing them in the current meta of best weapons, there are three SMGs we recommend using in Modern Warfare 3: Striker, Lachmann Sub, and Rival-9, with Striker being the best of the three.
Please note that while we have based this page on raw statistics and community observations, our top SMG picks are subjective. They may not necessarily be the ones you agree with or find best to use.
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With that in mind, here is more detailed information on the three best SMGs in Modern Warfare 3:
Striker
How to Unlock: Reach Player Level 4.
Base Damage: 46 headshots, 39 upper torso, 36 lower torso.
Base range: 9.7 m for effective damage range and 35.6 m for minimum damage range, with a bullet speed of 540 m/s.
Base rate of fire: 645.2 rpm.
Base ADS speed: 240 ms.
This new weapon is our pick for the best SMG to use in Modern Warfare 3 for its effectiveness at both short and medium range, depending on your build. If you played the original Modern Warfare 2, you’ll be more familiar with its old name, UMP-45. It looks a lot like this old UMP-45, but the biggest difference is the greater difficulty in simply using its iron sights, so we recommend equipping an optic to compensate for this.
You need the right build to make use of this powerful SMG, so here are our recommended attachments for Striker in Modern Warfare 3:
- Optics: MK. 23 Reflector
- Barrel: Striker Recon Long Barrel
- Cylinder head: FSS Titan cylinder head
- Rear grip: FTAC G-5 Exo
- Ammunition: .45 high grain automatic rounds
If you want a closer build, swap out the FSS Titan for the Lachmann MK2 Light Stock.
For more details on how to play Striker, check out our dedicated Striker loadout page.
Lachmann Sub
How to unlock: Get the Lachmann-762 to level 13 and get the Lachmann-556 to level 12.
Base damage: 39 headshots, 36 upper torso, 33 lower torso.
Base range: 8.9 m for effective damage range and 36.1 m for minimum damage range, with a bullet speed of 540 m/s.
Base firing speed: 800 rpm.
Base ADS speed: 200 ms.
As a returning weapon from Modern Warfare 2, the Lachmann Sub can take a while to unlock if you don’t have it as part of the Carry Over feature. However, it’s worth the wait if you want a fast and quiet close-range weapon.
To make the most of its short-range potential, these are our recommended attachments for the Lachmann Submarine in Modern Warfare 3:
- Muzzle: EXF Huntress-90
- Cannon: L38 Halcón 226 mm
- Laser: VLK LZR 7MW
- Stock: LM Mod out of stock
- Magazine: 40 Round Mag
Rival-9
How to Unlock: Reach Player Level 25 and make it Active in the Armory, then complete three daily or bonus challenges.
Base Damage: 37 headshots, 31 upper torso, 31 lower torso.
Base range: 10.2 m for effective damage range and 45.7 m for minimum damage range, with a bullet speed of 450 m/s.
Base rate of fire: 909.1 rpm.
Base ADS speed: 190 ms.
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Another speedy submachine gun, the Rival-9, is new to Modern Warfare 3. For now, we think the Lachmann surpasses the Rival-9 in silent effectiveness at close range, but they’re pretty close. As a new weapon, the Rival-9 will also likely get more focus when it comes to future weapon balances and nerfs.
To make the most of its short-range potential, these are our recommended attachments for the Rival-9 in Modern Warfare 3:
- Barrel: Rival-38E Fire Starter Barrel
- Under the barrel: XRK Edge BW-4 manual stop
- Rear Grip: Rival Vice Assault Grip
- Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor S
- Magazine: 40 Round Mag
For more details on how to play Rival-9, check out our dedicated Rival-9 loadout page.
Good luck racking up SMG kills in Modern Warfare 3!
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