User blog comment:JAlbor/Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Q&A/@comment-86.27.86.183-20141015200243/@comment-173.58.23.157-20141016081538

When Ghosts was being revealed they only allowed use of of a few weapons, something to the order of 2 SMGs (Vector CQB, MTAR-X), 1 AR (Honey Badger, maybe the SA-805 but idts) and 2 snipers (L115, USR). Ghosts (without DLC) released with an additional 7 ARs, 4 SMGs, and 2 sniper rifles.