Vector

The Vector is a Submachine Gun featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Campaign
In the campaign, the Vector is often found in use by enemies, most notably by the forces of the Ultranationalist Party, more specifically, the Spetsnaz, the Arctic Forces, and Shadow Company. However, a unique Vector with an ACOG Scope, Suppressor, and a black finish is used as a starting weapon in "Just Like Old Times", along with an Intervention w/ suppressor.

Multiplayer
The Vector has the highest rate of fire and lowest recoil of any SMG in the game. The Vector deals the lowest damage per shot than any other weapon found in the game. The Vector is generally considered to be the one of the easiest SMGs to use at long range given it's low recoil. Despite its SMG status, it excels in more open maps, where medium to long range combat is required. The Vector combines the long range accuracy of an assault rifle with the high mobility, fire rate, and hipfire accuracy of an SMG, blurring the line between the two weapon types.

Despite these advantages, the Vector has some flaws. Because the Vector chews through ammo due to its high rate of fire, Extended Magazines or the Scavenger Pro perk can be very helpful as this allows the player to continue achieving more kills in a life, or allows the player to kill more enemies before needing to reload. Bear in mind that the Extended Magazines will not increase the player's total ammo but only rounds per magazine. Sleight of Hand is also effective if Scavenger Pro or Extended Mags aren't available, although the reserved ammo will still be used quickly. The Silencer can also be effective since the player would not lose much power even if a silencer is used as it will almost always kill in five shots without Stopping Power, or four shots with it.

In Hardcore, the Vector's high rate of fire makes it a very deadly weapon, since it requires two shots to kill at any distance without Stopping Power, and one shot with Stopping Power at close range in normal circumstances.

Weapon Attachments

 * Rapid Fire
 * Akimbo
 * Red Dot Sight
 * Holographic Sight
 * Silencer
 * ACOG Scope
 * Thermal Scope
 * FMJ
 * Extended Mags

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The Vector was seen in some early trailers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
"Fully automatic submachine gun. Incorporates recoil mitigation technology."

- Description.

The Vector K10 returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It is very similar to the Vector from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 since it shares the same animations and uses a similar model, the only notable difference is the Vector K10 now holds 36 rounds rather than its original 30.

The Vector K10 is unlocked at Level 16 and is the third SMG unlocked. The Vector K10 is a very balanced submachine gun, potent at close-range combat but suffers outside of CQC due to its poor range. The damage is lower than the PDW-57 or the MSMC so shot placement is key in order to compensate for the lower time-to-kill. The recoil is rather erratic, but controllable at close ranges. However, the recoil does make the weapon ineffective at long range, but it's high centre speed can make for some longer ranged kills if burst fired. Since the Vector has lower damage, equipping a Suppressor is recommended, the Vector is already at a slight disadvantage in terms of damage so the Suppressor really dosen't have a severe drawback. Despite its all-round nature, the Vector K10 has one major flaw: there is no compelling reason to elect this weapon other than personal preference. The key statistical variables of the Vector k10 (rate of fire, accuracy,damage, centre speed) are all inferior to its peers. The only conceivable reason to opt-in, choosing the Vector, is that it possesses the quickest reload-cancel time i.e. sprint/double weapon swap to cancel. Even then, the MP7 has a faster tactical reload (reloading with at least one round in the magazine) along with a bigger magazine and arguably, clearer iron-sights.

Overall, the Vector K10 is a solid weapon and despite its average stats, it can be quite effective at close range and can compete with other weapons in it's class.

Attachments

 * Reflex Sight (unlocked weapon level 2)
 * Laser Sight (unlocked weapon level 3)
 * Suppressor (unlocked weapon level 4)
 * Fast Mag (unlocked weapon level 5)
 * EOTech Sight (unlocked weapon level 6)
 * Foregrip (unlocked weapon level 7)
 * Quickdraw Handle (unlocked weapon level 8)
 * FMJ (unlocked weapon level 9)
 * Long Barrel (unlocked weapon level 10)
 * Target Finder (unlocked weapon level 11)
 * Adjustable Stock (unlocked weapon level 12)
 * Extended Clip (unlocked weapon level 13)
 * Select Fire (unlocked weapon level 14)
 * Rapid Fire (unlocked weapon level 15)
 * MMS (unlocked weapon level 16)

Trivia

 * The words "Infinity Ward, Encino CA" are etched into the back of the weapon.
 * The orange color in fall camouflage for the Vector is slightly darker because the light grey in the texture files is slightly darker.
 * The player's hand model goes through the Vector's magazine housing. While this error can't be seen normally, it can clearly be seen while reloading and spinning to the left with a high sensitivity.
 * Strangely, the brass casings on the cartridges inside the Vector's magazine are black.