Modern Warfare 3 FTAC Recon Best Loadout Build MW3 - Modern Warfare 3

The FTAC Recon is a type of Battle Rifle weapon in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). Check here for complete info on the best loadouts and attachments of the FTAC Recon, as well as its stats and how to use this weapon!

A high-powered .458 Battle Rifle that delivers severe damage at medium range.
Basic Info
Platform: M4
Weapon Class: Battle Rifle
Max Level: 23
Magazine Capacity: 10
Reserve Ammo: 50
How to Unlock Unlocked by leveling the M4 to Level 13.

Modern Warfare 3 FTAC Recon

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Weapon Stats

Modern Warfare 3 FTAC Recon Weapon Stats

Best FTAC Recon Loadout Setup

Weapon Loadout
Primary FTAC Recon
Secondary X13 Auto
Tactical Flash Grenade
Lethal Semtex
Base Perk 1 Battle Hardened
Base Perk 2 Bomb Squad
Bonus Perk Spotter
Ultimate Perk Birdseye
Field Upgrade Deployable Cover

Best FTAC Recon Attachment Setup

Barrel Tempus Trench Pro
Optic Cronen Mini Red Dot
Rear Grip Support CP90 Grip
Underbarrel FSS Sharkfin 90
Ammunition .458 Overpressure +P

How to Play

This loadout lets you take advantage of the FTAC Recon’s power as a mid-range weapon. You don’t want to be running around looking for enemies with this gun due to its low mag size and low fire rate. Instead, this loadout lets you stay in an area and act as overwatch for your team by holding your ground and eyeing enemy vantage points.

The Battle Hardened and Bomb Squad Base Perk combo will be important for withstanding enemies attacking your area with explosives. The Spotter and Birdseye perks further improve your position as team overwatch since you can identify where enemies are headed as well as any traps set nearby.

The attachment setup stabilizes your recoil at the cost of movement speed, but since you’ll be holding key areas of the map this won’t affect your gameplay much. The patience needed for this playstyle means you’ll want to use this on objective-based game modes like Domination and Hard Point, where you’ll have specific areas to patrol.

Progression Tree: All Unlockables

All Unlockables
Optic
Category Unlock
(Level 2)
5 Round Mag
Magazine
(Level 3)
.458 Frangible
Ammunition
(Level 4)
FTac Dreadnought
Muzzle
(Level 5)
419MM EXF Barrel
Barrel
(Level 6)
Rear Grip
Category Unlock
(Level 7)
Ravage-8
Stock
(Level 8)
.458 Overpressure +P
Ammunition
(Level 9)
Underbarrel
Category Unlock
(Level 10)
Shred CP90
Muzzle
(Level 11)
Drexsom Prime-90
Optic
(Level 12)
.458 High Velocity
Ammunition
(Level 13)
Laser
Category Unlock
(Level 14)
Support CP90 Grip
Rear Grip
(Level 15)
FSS Hurricane
Receiver
(Level 16)
.458 Hollow Point
Ammunition
(Level 17)
7.5” Tempus Firebrand
Barrel
(Level 18)
Demon Helix T7
Muzzle
(Level 19)
15 Round Magazine
Magazine
(Level 20)
.458 Armor Piercing
Ammunition
(Level 21)
Bull Rider 16.5”
Barrel
(Level 22)
Weapon Tuning
Feature Unlock
(Level 23)

NOTE: Newly acquired weapons will have locked attachment slots at Level 1. Category Unlocks are upgrades that unlock these attachment slots for use.

Guns Unlocked by Leveling the FTAC Recon

All Gun Unlocks
FSS Hurricane


Unlocked by leveling the FTac Recon to Level 16.

All Compatible FTAC Recon Attachments

FTac Recon Barrels

Bull Rider 16.5” Tempus Trench Pro 419MM EXF Barrel
7.5” Tempus Firebrand

FTac Recon Magazines

5 Round Mag 15 Round Magazine

FTac Recon Stocks

Assault-60 Stock Factory Ravage-8 Demo Fade Pro Stock
Demo Precision Elite Factory

FTac Recon Rear Grips

D15 Grip Sakin ZX Grip XTEN Grip
Support CP90 Grip

FTac Recon Muzzles

AP-390 Flash Hider Ported DZ38 Dark KX50 Flash Hider
Demon Helix T7 Nilsound 90 FTac Dreadnought
FTac Reaper Bruen Agent 90 Talon Sixteen
EXF Relentless-40 BVM-338 Cronen DM338
Shred CP90 XRK Kraken TA CG76
SAKIN Tread-40 GL Clear Breach TA Hul-Breach KL

FTac Recon Underbarrels

Edge-47 Grip Demo Firm Grip XTEN Gravedigger
FTac Ripper 56 Demo Cleanshot 40 Demo Imp-44 Grip
FTac Tiger Grip FSS Sharkfin 90 Agent Grip
Bruen Sync Shot Grip XTEN Drop Grip Phase-3 Grip
Merc Foregrip Lockgrip Precision-40 Hex-40 Grip
Schlager Tango VX Pineapple OP-X9 Foregrip
Operator Foregrip TV Wrecker Grip Bruen Tilt Grip
Cronen Grooveshot Grip Bruen Warrior Grip Bipod V9 Grip
Level Aim Bipod Cornerstone Bipod XTen Stable Shot
SPW 40mm Corvus Masterkey

FTac Recon Ammunition

.458 Frangible .458 Hollow Point .458 Armor Piercing
.458 Overpressure +P .458 High Velocity

FTac Recon Lasers

SZ 1MW PEQ Schlager PEQ Box IV Corvus PEQ Beam-5
Corio LAZ-44 V3 FSS OLE-V Laser Canted Vibro-Dot 7
1MW Laser Box STOVL DR Laser Box FTac Grimline Laser
Luminate-44 DXS Flash 90

FTac Recon Optics

FTac Charlie7 HMW-20 Optic Luca Bandera Scope
Drexsom Prime-90 ARES Clear Shot Slimline Pro
SZ Mini Cronen Mini Red Dot Cronen Mini Pro
SZ Sigma-IV Optic SZ Minitac-40 XRK On-Point Optic
DF105 Reflex Sight Monocle CT90 Corvus SOL-76
SZ Recharge-DX SZ SRO-7 Corio RE-X Pro
Corio Enforcer Optic SZ Lonewolf Optic Kazan-Holo
Corvus Downrange-00 SZ Holotherm XTEN Angel-40
VLK 4.0 Optic Schlager 4X Forge Tac Delta 4
Cronen Zero-P Optic SZ Bullseye Optic SZ Aggressor-IR Optic
Schlager Night View VX350 Thermal Optic Teplo-OP3 Scope
DR582 Hybrid Sight Hybrid Firepoint SZ Vortex-90
BPZ40 Hybrid Angel-40 4.8x Thermo-Optic X9
Teplo Clear Shot

All FTAC Recon Camos

Camo Challenge Lv. Unlock
Torn Scales Get 10 double kills with the FTAC Recon 9
Haunting Get 50 kills while crouched with the FTAC Recon 22
Beached Get 50 kills with the FTAC Recon 2
Desert Cat Get 50 kills using a suppressor with the FTAC Recon 15
Gold FTAC Recon Get 3 kills without dying 10 times with the FTAC Recon N/A

All FTAC Recon Blueprints

This Weapon currently doesn’t have any Blueprints.

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