LA1 Anchor

The LA1 Anchor is a light machine gun available to the New Conglomerate. It is unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

The Liberty Arsenal 1 Anchor is part of the 'trinity' - a trio of close-quarters oriented light machine guns all popular on their respective factions. The LA1 Anchor, MSW-R, and  Orion VS54 are all close-quarters oriented machine guns with approximately the same damage-per-second, simple recoil, good hip accuracy, a 50-round magazine, and relatively fast reloads for their class, perfectly suiting an aggressive playstyle.

The Anchor itself is best compared to the GD-22S, which seem to be designed as the second side of the same coin. The Anchor wins out in raw damage-per-second and has more favourable cone-of-fire statistics, whereas the GD-22S wields a slightly friendlier recoil pattern and a substantially faster reload speed, amongst the fastest in class.

Damage Fall-off
Stats in yellow are with Soft Point Ammunition.
 * 167 before 10 meters (15 meters)
 * 143 at 47 meters (49 meters)
 * 125 after 75 meters (75 meters)

Ribbons and Medals
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the machine gun. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

Trivia

 * The LA1 Service Anchor was a special creation in honour of Emerald player Aeflic, who had scored over two hundred thousand kills with the standard Anchor. Aeflic is the only player who owns this weapon variant, and has achieved over fifty thousand kills with the gun.