Delta Force Best M4A1 loadout

The M4A1 is one of the most popular guns in Delta Force Hawk Ops. It possesses a solid mixture of armor penetration, damage-per-round, rate of fire, range, accuracy, and stability, making it a worthy all-rounder. With further modifications to the weapon for both Turmoil and Havoc Warfare, you can easily piece together an easy-to-control yet lethal weapon. It is easily one of the best weapons in Delta Force Hawk Ops.

However, the M4A1 has one problem. All the best loadouts are locked behind a lengthy weapon grind. To help you make the gun much easier to use, you’ll find the best M4A1 loadout along with a budget-friendly one that uses more basic attachments – an economic but reliable profile for those still churning through weapon levels.

Best Delta Force M4A1 build

For the best loadout, you’ll want the following attachments:

Type	Attachment
Optic	Hydra Riser
Riser Optic	Micro Riser or Panoramic Red Dot
Tactical Device	Laser Sight
Stock	416 Light Stock
Rear Grip	Phantom Rear Grip
Foregrip	Phase Combat Foregrip or CR Prisms
Muzzle	Poseidon Flash Hider or Bastion Horizontal Compensator
Barrel	Elite Long Barrel Combo
Patches and Rails	Ranger Handguards x6

Our optic pick allows significantly more attachments along the barrel of the M4A1, specifically plenty of grips to add six points of control to the weapon. This is a late-game setup so requires spending weapon tokens and grinding the gun levels. The long barrel adds more recoil but greatly reduces your accuracy. Accuracy is important for natural bullet sway, alongside hip fire accuracy, turning the gun into an ADS speed demon.

As for the muzzle, there are two choices. The Poseidon Flash Hider offers more overall control while the Bastion Horizontal Compensator boosts horizontal recoil control, which helps with gun sway and accuracy. Which one you opt for, is down to personal preference.

The CR Prisms and the Phase Grip are both solid foregrips. The CR adds significantly better firing stability, but you lose some vertical recoil control. It’s arguably better for spraying with larger magazines like the 40 and 60-round mags. Meanwhile, the Phase offers a better spread of stats. You’ll have enough recoil control to manage vertical recoil, so it’s again down to preference.

Beyond these attachments, you’re trying to add more recoil control stats to your gun. Handling is also important to maintain as it means you’re more manoeuvrable with the gun, which is handy for on-the-move assault players.

Best budget M4A1 loadout 

There’s a long grind to get the M4A1 to level 60 and at its very best. Here’s a stopgap budget setup that will serve you well while you level up the gun, replacing parts as you unlock them.

• Stock: Practical Stable > M16 Stock > 416 Stable or Light Stock
• Rear Grip: M7 Stable > Phantom Rear Grip
• Magazine: 20 >30> 45
• Muzzle: Practical Flash Hider > Steel Muzzle > Poseidon or Bastion muzzles
• Foregrip: Practical Verticle > Phase Combat Grip or CR Prisms.

When it comes to calibration, always focus on better firing stability and control. If you get an option that decreases either then ignore it. You can sacrifice ADS speed because you won’t miss 10% ADS speed unless you’re constantly in player faces. It’s a much better stat for close-range ARs and SMGs than the M4A1.

The better M4A1 attachments tend to kill stability, so we recommend using the 416 Stable stock to negate those penalties while levelling up the gun. You’ll also want to keep barrel attachments as they are until much later on. The penalties for control and stability can be too much when you don’t have higher-level attachments to offset some of the losses.

When you can finally slot some handguards on your gun, opt for the three control-improving ones. You can potentially put stability on instead if you’re struggling with ADS sway. When it comes to optics, use what you can get your hands on until you can get the riser and the extra riser. The red dots seem better for the gun, but the holographic can help if you like playing around the 50-70 meter ranges.

After setting up your M4A1, check out the best loadout for CAR-15 as well.