L96A1

For the similar weapon in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, see L118A.

The L96A1 is a bolt-action Sniper Rifle featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Multiplayer
The L96A1 is unlocked for purchase at Level 27.

The L96A1 is extremely powerful, dealing the most effective damage per shot due to its high damage multipliers. Its multipliers ensure a one-hit kill to the shoulders, stomach, chest or head when unsuppressed. However, the L96A1 has very high (but predictable) recoil, a slow center speed, and a low rate of fire due to its bolt-action nature. This leaves the player vulnerable between shots and makes follow up shots difficult.

It also has the highest amount of sway of all the sniper rifles. Set to 6 degrees, this follows the trend given to most bolt-action sniper rifles in the Call of Duty series, such as the R700 from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and the Intervention from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

The L96A1 utilizes the semi-unique SUSAT scope when equipped with the ACOG scope attachment, sharing this trait with the Enfield. Like other sniper rifles, when using a Suppressor, the L96A1 can only get one shot kills to the head and neck. However, since all sniper rifles do the same effective damage when suppressed, the suppressor is a poor choice to have on the L96A1, due to the high recoil and low fire rate.

Due to its potential for one shot kills, it is one of the most commonly seen sniper rifles online. It is often compared to the other high powered sniper rifle, the PSG1. The primary difference between the L96A1 and the PSG1 is that the L96A1 has a slower fire rate due to being bolt action, but in return has a 1.5 multiplier to the shoulders, allowing for more consistent one shot kills to the upper body. The PSG1, on the other hand, has lower sway and can be fired semi-automatically, but has lower effective damage as it does not have the 1.5 multiplier to the upper arms. With these details in mind, choosing the L96A1 or the PSG1 comes down to personal preference.

Attachments

 * Extended Mag
 * ACOG Scope
 * Infrared Scope
 * Suppressor
 * Variable Zoom

Zombies
In Nazi Zombies, it is available out of the Mystery Box. It is a one-hit-kill in the early rounds, but after Round 7 it loses its one-hit-kill ability to body shots. It is not available on the Wii version.

Due to its long ADS time, low rate of fire, high recoil, and low hipfire spread, the L96A1 is not a great primary weapon to use in Zombies. However, it is especially useful as a support weapon while other players are fighting off zombies. Double Tap Root Beer is a good perk to use if one wants to use the L96A1, as it makes the player cycle the bolt faster, allowing for an increased rate of fire. Deadshot Daiquiri is also useful to eliminate its high idle sway, tighten its hipfire spread, and maximize the efficiency of the L96A1 by making headshots a lot easier to obtain.

When upgraded in the Pack-a-Punch machine, it becomes the "L115 Isolator" where its damage is increased and receives a Variable Zoom scope. It loses its one-hit-kill ability at Round 22. Even though it's not very practical in terms of surviving, it can kill somewhat effectively, even at higher rounds. This is because at higher rounds, zombies have extremely high health, roughly 7000 at round 30. At this point, it would take a full 35 round magazine from an upgraded Galil to kill a single zombie, while the upgraded L96A1 would still be killing in one headshot until round 34, and would be a 2 shot kill to the head until round 41. All of this goes for the Dragunov, too, as it shares exactly the same damage as the L115 when upgraded.

Gallery

 * For Camouflage images, click here.

Video
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Trivia

 * The L96A1, like the L86 LSW and the Enfield, uses the SUSAT variant of the ACOG Scope.
 * The "L115 Isolator" fromZombies is a reference to Element 115, which animates the zombies.
 * The L96A1 usually has a unique scope reticule, but can suffer from a glitch making it identical to the scope reticule on the WA2000. This glitch also occurs on the Dragunov and PSG1.
 * It is the only sniper rifle in Black Ops that does not appear in Campaign.
 * On both sides of the L96A1, the text "NP 7.62x51 mm LP" appears.
 * When the shooter hand raises to cycle the bolt, it clips through the gun; this is visible in slow-motion.
 * On the scope there is text that reads: 12 X 30 DM II MADE IN GERMANY.
 * In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, this gun is held by the sniper in the multiplayer menu.
 * In the Wii version of Black Ops the camouflage is added to the stock in any camouflage scheme.
 * The L96A1 is not available on the Wii version of Zombies.
 * In 3rd person, the player will not cycle the bolt after each shot, but the sound of the bolt cycling will be made.
 * The left side of the L96A1 reads "ACCURACY INTERNATIONAL FIREARMS".

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