AUG HBAR

The Steyr AUG HBAR is an Austrian assault rifle originally designed in the 1970s. The Armee Universal Gewehr ("universal army rifle"), was adopted by Austrian forces in 1977. It has since become the standard small firearm for the Austrian Bundesheer and national police units, as well as both the Irish Army and the Australian Army, increasing its popularity worldwide. The AUG is considered one of the first successful 'bullpup' weapons to be adopted, in which the magazine is repositioned behind the trigger to create a more compact weapon without sacrificing barrel length. The HBAR variant is the LSW version of the standard AUG assault rifle and is used as a light machinegun, similar to the L86 LSW. However, the model shown in-game is a regular AUG A2 assault rifle, as it lacks the larger magazine and built-in bipod on the barrel.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
In Modern Warfare 2 media, characters have been seen holding the AUG, not the AUG HBAR, but only the pick-up text for the AUG HBAR has been seen. This means that either the AUG was misnamed as the AUG HBAR, or it will have both assault rifle and LMG characteristics, similar to the FG42 in Call of Duty: World at War or the AK-74u SMG that had assault rifle characteristics in Call of Duty 4. One other possibility is that the normal AUG may be featured in the campaign, but not in multiplayer.



Trivia

 * The AUG HBAR is the first scoped automatic weapon in the series since the FG42.
 * The 'HBAR' in the name refers to the Heavy BARrel.