Patch1.0.0.142.19

Best M96 ammo

5.56x45mm6 rounds57 m effective

The M96 chambers 5.56x45mm. This is that caliber's full ladder for patch 1.0.0.142.19, with the top of each column called out — the ranking is the chart's numbers, nothing else.

M96 stats All 5.56

Top of each column in the chart below

Picks

Highest penetration · Highest armour class beaten · Fastest5.56x45mm M995Defeats the most armour before it stops.

Most flesh damage5.56x45mm HP HuntingFor unarmoured targets and limb shots.

Ranked by penetration

Every 5.56x45mm round

6 rounds

Ammunition with penetration, damage, velocity, price and value score
Round	Tier	Pen	Class	Flesh	Armour dmg	Velocity	V-recoil	Value
5.56x45mm M9955.56x45mm	Tier A	52	5	41	27	1,013 m/s	−4.0	57.8
5.56x45mm M855A15.56x45mm	Tier B	40	4	47	20	945 m/s	−1.0	44.9
5.56x45mm M8555.56x45mm	Tier C	34	3	50	13	922 m/s	−1.0	35.5
5.56x45mm FMJ Hunting5.56x45mm	Tier D	25	2	53	7	957 m/s	+1.0	24.7
5.56x45mm HP Hunting5.56x45mm	Tier D	14	1	72	5	947 m/s	0	21.2
5.56x45mm M1935.56x45mm	Tier D	12	1	52	7	957 m/s	+2.0	14.7

Not yet recorded for this patch: Price

What the columns mean for this weapon

How to read it

Pen is the round's penetration figure; Class is the armour class the chart rates it to defeat. Against a plate one class higher than the round, expect most hits to be absorbed. The strongest 5.56 here is rated to class 5; see every round that beats class 5.

Flesh is damage to an unarmoured hitbox. High-pen rounds usually trade flesh damage away, which is why the two picks above are rarely the same round.

The weapon itself does not change these numbers — its fire rate, recoil and effective range decide how many of them land. Those are on the M96 page; compare it with other carbines on the Carbines index.