FAD

"Combining a high fire rate with a unique 40-round mag, the FAD provides rapid suppressive fire designed for multi-target engagements. While damage is low and accuracy fumbles at longer ranges, the additional ammo capacity lets you burst down target after target without being forced into reloads durring intense firefights."

- Call of Duty: Elite description

The  is an automatic, bullpup assault rifle that appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. This weapon was first seen on Sledgehammer Games' website page.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The FAD's in-game stats say it has medium-high accuracy with medium-low damage along with a high fire rate.

Singleplayer
The FAD can be seen in the hands of the Africa Militia forces during Singleplayer in the Campaign mission Back on the Grid.

Multiplayer
The FAD is unlocked at Level 78 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, being the last assault rifle unlocked. It seems to have very peculiar iron sights, being rather large and raised. The FAD has an extremely high rate of fire, at 1000 RPM, but also has the lowest damage of any assault rifle and a very slow reload. However, the magazine enters the weapon fairly early in the reload animation at 1.5 seconds, making reload cancelling very beneficial to the FAD. It must also be noted that the FAD magazine has 40 rounds compared to the standard 30, so the long reload will not be as frequent.

Although the high rate of fire and the relatively large magazine come at the cost of very low damage, and the somewhat bulky iron sights, the FAD is still a good weapon for CQB and even medium range combat.

Interestingly, the FAD has the second highest headshot multiplier of any weapon in the game (second only to the Skorpion and MP9) at 1.7x, making it a 2 hit kill to the head at close range. Additionally, aiming down the sights with the FAD is slightly faster than with the other assault rifles at 0.25 seconds, compared to 0.3 seconds for all other assault rifles.

Survival Mode
The FAD appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Survival Mode where it is unlocked at level 32 costing $3000, but can also be found used by heavy commando enemies in later waves. It is a very strong weapon at close to mid range, but its high recoil leads to a loss of accuracy at range.

Attachments

 * Red Dot Sight - Unlocked at weapon level 2.
 * Silencer - Unlocked at weapon level 5.
 * Grenade Launcher (M320) - Unlocked at weapon level 8.
 * ACOG Scope - Unlocked at weapon level 11.
 * Heartbeat Sensor - Unlocked at weapon level 14.
 * Hybrid Sight - Unlocked at weapon level 17.
 * Shotgun - Unlocked at weapon level 20.
 * Holographic Sight - Unlocked at weapon level 23.
 * Extended Mags - Unlocked at weapon level 26.
 * Thermal Scope - Unlocked at weapon level 29.

Proficiencies

 * Kick - Unlocked at weapon level 4.
 * Impact - Unlocked at weapon level 9.
 * Attachments - Unlocked at weapon level 12.
 * Focus - Unlocked at weapon level 16.
 * Breath - Unlocked at weapon level 22.
 * Stability - Unlocked at weapon level 28.

Gallery
For camouflage pictures, see FAD/Camouflage.

Trivia

 * Typically, the charging handle or bolt release is engaged after a force reload (when there are no rounds left in the magazine), but the player simply taps the magazine after inserting it.
 * Prior to a patch, adding any underbarrel attachment to the FAD lowered its rate of fire.
 * The FAD has the highest rate of fire of any assault rifle in the Call of Duty series.