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All 33 Weapons at Launch and the Level Each One Unlocks

Total
33: 24 primaries, 8 secondaries and 1 melee weapon.
Primaries
8 assault rifles, 5 SMGs, 2 shotguns, 3 LMGs, 3 marksman rifles and 3 sniper rifles.
Secondaries
4 pistols and 4 launchers.
Unlock levels
Activision and IGN agree on 26. On 7 they differ: Game8 repeats Activision, Dexerto sides with IGN.

Every weapon and its unlock level

WeaponClassPlayer Level
Han 86Assault rifle4 for Activision, 14 for IGN (from the start for Dexerto)
M4Assault rifle14
Hyeon BurstAssault rifle21
Patriot XMRAssault rifle27
Kastov 762Assault rifle34
OdenAssault rifle39
AxionAssault rifle52
Cronen SquallAssault rifle55
ISO NightshadeSMG4
VEL 46SMG5 for Activision, 13 for IGN
Wz.55 StrigaSMG18 for Activision, 21 for IGN
PPSh-41SMG30 for Activision, 27 for IGN
X-58 NyxSMG46 for Activision, 34 for IGN
Rezi 12Shotgun4
WarlordShotgun32
FiNN LMGLMG4
Type 73LMG9
APOC-338LMG44
MAR-9Marksman rifle4
Oris 8.6Marksman rifle11
Mosin-NagantMarksman rifle36
KG-7 VulcanSniper rifle4
Astaroth .57Sniper rifle25 for Activision, 10 for IGN
Signal 50Sniper rifle50 for Activision, 35 for IGN
SANG 9mmPistol4
Krait P68Pistol7
.50 GSPistol41
Mojave .357Pistol48
PILALauncher4
RPG-8Launcher23
JOKRLauncher43
PM-40 AnvilLauncher54
FSS Carbon Edge 1095Melee4

The seven disputed unlock levels

❓ Two sets of numbers
Activision's launch post of 19 October, and Game8 in the same words, give one level; IGN and Dexerto give another: Han 86 4 or 14 (from the start for Dexerto); VEL 46 5 or 13; Wz.55 Striga 18 or 21; Astaroth .57 25 or 10; PPSh-41 30 or 27; X-58 Nyx 46 or 34; Signal 50 50 or 35. Several of Dexerto's weapon pages date from the August beta.

Shared with DMZ

Two sources say weapons and attachments unlocked in Multiplayer or DMZ can be bought in the DMZ Gunsmith with DMZ Cash.

Cross-checked

Cross-checked on 26 October 2026 against callofduty.com's launch post on weapons and Create-a-Class, IGN's weapon list, Dexerto's weapon pages and Game8's gun list. The 33 names and their classes agree in all four; the 26 agreed levels come from callofduty.com and IGN; Game8 repeats Activision's wording, so it is not counted apart. Not from a playthrough: nobody here has played it, and what the sources do not describe is not on this page.
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