This article is about the SMG first added to the game in Chapter 3: Season 1. For the original SMG found in the files during Season 7, see Machine Pistol. For the version from Fortnite: Ballistic, see Machine Pistol (Ballistic).

	This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale.
	It has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future. It is still available in Creative and UEFN.

The Machine SMG is a Submachine Gun in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was first added in Chapter 3: Season 1.

Functionality

The Machine SMG functions similar to other SMGs, being a fast firing, close range weapon. The Machine SMG can hurt targets at longer ranges, but due to weapon spread and damage drop off it is exceedingly weak.

The Machine SMG is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy enabled, and will always fire a random spread of bullets, which increases with continuous fire. This spread is decreased whilst crouching.

Stats

• v38.00
• v23.10

Current Stats since v38.00

The Machine SMG uses Light Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.

	Machine SMG (Common)
DPS	189
DAMAGE	14
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	14
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.64s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	21 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Uncommon)
DPS	202.5
DAMAGE	15
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	15
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.52s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	22.5 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Rare)
DPS	216
DAMAGE	16
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	16
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.4s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	24 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Epic)
DPS	229.5
DAMAGE	17
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	17
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.28s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	25.5 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Legendary)
DPS	243
DAMAGE	18
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	18
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.16s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	27 (1.5x)

Unreleased

Note: The stats listed below only exist in the files and are not available in-game.

	Machine SMG (Mythic)
DPS	243
DAMAGE	18
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	18
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.04s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	27 (1.5x)

Current Stats since v23.10

The Machine SMG uses Light Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.

	Machine SMG (Common)
DPS	189
DAMAGE	14
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	14
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.75s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	21 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Uncommon)
DPS	202.5
DAMAGE	15
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	15
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.62s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	22.5 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Rare)
DPS	216
DAMAGE	16
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	16
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.5s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	24 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Epic)
DPS	229.5
DAMAGE	17
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	17
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.37s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	25.5 (1.5x)

	Machine SMG (Legendary)
DPS	243
DAMAGE	18
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	18
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.25s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	27 (1.5x)

Unreleased

Note: The stats listed below only exist in the files and are not available in-game.

	Machine SMG (Mythic)
DPS	243
DAMAGE	18
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	18
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	13.5
RELOAD TIME	2.12s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	27 (1.5x)

Sounds

Machine SMG Sounds
Sounds			ID
Pickup			Machine_Pistol2_Pickup_01
Equip			Machine_Pistol_ReloadEnd_01
Shoot	Close		Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_01Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_02Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_03Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_04Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_05Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_06Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_07Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_08Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_09Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_10Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_11Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_12Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Close_XX
	Medium		Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_01Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_02Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_03Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_04Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_05Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_06Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_07Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_08Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Medium_XX
	Distant		Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_01Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_02Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_03Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_04Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_05Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_06Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_07Machine_Pistol2_Fire_Distant_XX
Shell Impact			Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_01Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_02Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_03Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_04Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_05Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_06Machine_Pistol2_ShellImpact_XX
Close Mech			Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_01Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_02Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_03Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_04Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_05Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_06Machine_Pistol2_Fire_CloseMech_XX
Low Ammo			Machine_Pistol2_LowAmmo_02
Out Of Ammo			Machine_Pistol2_OutofAmmo_01Machine_Pistol2_OutofAmmo_02Machine_Pistol2_OutofAmmo_XX
Reload	Start		Machine_Pistol2_ReloadStart_01
	Insert		Machine_Pistol2_ReloadInsert_01
	End		Machine_Pistol_ReloadEnd_01
Drop			Machine_Pistol2_Drop_01

Weapon Changes

Strategy Guide

	This section outlines a strategy.
	Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

• The Machine SMG is very fast firing and has solid damage, so it can be very good for breaking into opponent's builds, or taking out natural cover they may be hiding behind.
• The Machine SMG has a really high DPS, with its Legendary version having a DPS of 243. Because of this, it can outperform almost every SMG in the game at close range, with some exceptions.

Counters

• The Machine SMG, as a trade off for its high DPS potential, is very inaccurate at mid-long range, so most SMGs, unless in close range, can potentially outmatch it at range.
• The Machine SMG has a slightly slower than average reload speed, and due to its high fire rate, it depletes its magazine quickly. Take advantage of this by rushing after an opponent using a Machine SMG has depleted their magazine, and attempts to start the reload process.

Weapon ID

The Machine SMG is referred to as Pistol Machine in the files.

• Common: WID_Pistol_Machine_Athena_C
• Uncommon: WID_Pistol_Machine_Athena_UC
• Rare: WID_Pistol_Machine_Athena_R
• Epic: WID_Pistol_Machine_Athena_VR
• Legendary: WID_Pistol_Machine_Athena_SR

Mode Specific History

News Tab

• In-Game

Image	Description	Date
	Machine Pistol Bring the pain and add a new weapon to your close quarters combat arsenal with the Machine Pistol!	February 8th 2022

Trivia

• The Machine SMG was in the files for 3 seasons, or roughly 3 months before it was released to the game. It was in a fully functional state but only released in Chapter 3: Season 1.
• The Machine SMG is modeled after the Israeli UZI, specifically the Mini version.
• It had been suggested/teased multiple times for its addition:
  • The weapon was added to Creative mode in Chapter 3, but removed shortly after.
  • The promo video for the Pizza Party Consumable also showed the Machine SMG.
  • A Challenge in Week 12 of Chapter 3: Season 1 has "Deal damage with a Machine Pistol."
• When the Machine SMG officially arrived, the official Fortnite page post made several jokes about its various unofficial inclusions (examples: The Machine Pistol finally arrives… officially / Say hello to the Machine Pistol! _{Seriously this time.}
• Confusion used to exist between this gun and the Machine Pistol as the weapons bore many similarities. Both weapons:
  • Had the same name
  • Are classed as Submachine Guns.
  • Both modelled after real life machine pistols.
  • Have a similar function and statistics. The Machine SMG also frequently appeared in the Unvaulted LTM replacing the Machine Pistol.
• The Machine SMG was renamed from Machine Pistol to Machine SMG as it is not a Pistol in-game.
  • However, the naming does not make any sense, as a Machine Pistol is a legitimate class of weapons, but a Machine SMG is not.
  • The renaming is possibly because its former name (Machine Pistol) would be misleading when it comes to pistol-based Augments such as Pistol Amp.

Gallery

• Promotional Images
• Other

Promotional Images

Promo Image from Content Update v19.20

Other

Loserfruit holding the Machine SMG in a Creative promo.

Myna holding the Machine SMG in the Pizza Party promo video.

Weapons
Assault Weapons	Assault Rifle ( Skye's • Enhanced • Ice Spice's • Embiggened • Morphite) • Burst Assault Rifle ( Ocean's • Slone's) • Scoped Assault Rifle • Light Machine Gun • Minigun ( Brutus' • RG's) • Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle ( Huntmaster Saber's) • Drum Gun ( Midas' • Jules' • Shadow Midas') • Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Viper) • Heavy Assault Rifle ( Meowscles' Peow Peow • Meowdas' Peow Peow • Morphite) • Infantry Rifle • Tactical Assault Rifle ( Modular • Legacy) • First Order Blaster Rifle • Stark Industries Energy Rifle ( Updated) • Makeshift Rifle • Primal Rifle ( Spire Guardian's) • E-11 Blaster Rifle • Pulse Rifle ( Slone's • Overclocked • Burst • Overdrive) • Sideways Rifle • Sideways Minigun ( Boss) • Combat Assault Rifle ( Modular • The Machinist's Modular • Squibbly's) • MK-Seven Assault Rifle ( The Foundation's • WIP Mythic Red Dot AR) • Ranger Assault Rifle • Striker Burst Rifle ( Slone's • Modular • Emma Frost's • Enhanced) • Hammer Assault Rifle ( Morphite) • EvoChrome Burst Rifle ( The Herald's) • Red-Eye Assault Rifle ( Heisted Explosive • Red-Eye Caramba AR) • Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Highcard's • Heart's) • DC-15 Blaster Rifle • Flapjack Rifle ( Enhanced) • MK-Alpha Assault Rifle ( Relik's) • Twin Mag Assault Rifle • Modular Nemesis AR ( Montague's • Nemesis AR• Brute) • Modular Striker AR ( Nisha's • Striker AR • Enhanced) • Modular Enforcer AR ( Enforcer AR • Enhanced) • Modular Warforged Assault Rifle ( Ares' • Warforged Assault Rifle) • Tri-Beam Laser Rifle • Holo Twister Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Accelerant • Lawful Accelerant) • Fury Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Eradicator Hop Rock) • Collateral Damage Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Trinity) • A280-CFE Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • DC-15 Heavy Blaster Rifle • DLT-19 Blaster Rifle • Spire Rifle ( Enhanced) • O.X.R. Rifle ( Eradicator) • Leadspitter 3000 • Deadeye Assault Rifle ( Hush's) • Lock On Assault Rifle • Chaos Exploder Rifle ( Dark Voyager's Chaos Rifle) • Surgical Burst Rifle ( Voidblade's)
Shotguns	Pump Shotgun ( Double Trouble • Blitz • Morphite) • Tactical Shotgun ( Enhanced Tactical Shotgun • Morphite) • Heavy Shotgun ( Legacy • Heisted Breacher) • Double Barrel Shotgun ( The Dub) • Combat Shotgun ( Modular • Megalo Don's Modular) • Drum Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Charge Shotgun ( Kit's) • Dragon's Breath Shotgun ( Legacy • Dragon's Belch Shotgun) • Lever Action Shotgun • Makeshift Shotgun • Primal Shotgun ( Spire Assassin's) • Auto Shotgun • Striker Pump Shotgun • Ranger Shotgun • Two-Shot Shotgun • Prime Shotgun ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Get Good) • EvoChrome Shotgun• Thunder Shotgun • Maven Auto Shotgun ( Heisted Accelerant • Wolfe's) • Havoc Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Sharp Tooth Shotgun • Infiltrator Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Wood Stake Shotgun ( High Stakes') • Modular Hammer Pump Shotgun ( Peter Griffin's) • Modular Frenzy Auto Shotgun ( Oscar's) • Modular Gatekeeper Shotgun ( Cerberus' • Gatekeeper) • Modular Sovereign Shotgun ( Mysterio's • Sovereign) • Sentinel Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Frostfire • Morphite) • Twinfire Auto Shotgun ( Enhanced • Lawless Twinfire Slap) • Oni Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Outlaw Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Yoink) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • Shiva Shotgun • ACP Scatter Blaster • BARM-ST12 Scatter Blaster • CA-87 Jawa Scatter Blaster • Sweeper Shotgun • Five Gun • Iron Pump Shotgun ( Pinpoint) • Twin Hammer Shotguns ( Brutus' • Twin Siphon) • Chaos Reloader Shotgun ( Dark Voyager's Obliterator) • Super Shredder • Extending Focus Shotgun ( Reacher)
Submachine Guns	Submachine Gun • Submachine Gun ( Heisted Run 'N' Gun • Morphite) • Suppressed Submachine Gun ( Inkquisitor's) • Compact SMG ( Enhanced Compact SMG) • Tactical Submachine Gun • Rapid Fire SMG • Burst SMG • Machine SMG • Makeshift Submachine Gun • Primal SMG • Kymera Ray Gun ( Zyg and Choppy's) • Stinger SMG ( Gunnar's) • Combat SMG • Charge SMG • Twin Mag SMG ( Heisted Blink Mag • Tamzarian) • Sunburst Gauntlet • Bender's Shiny Metal Raygun • Scoped Burst SMG ( Thorne's) • Modular Hyper SMG ( Valeria's) • Modular Thunder Burst SMG ( Thunder Burst SMG • Apex) • Modular Harbinger SMG ( Hades') • Modular Drum Gun ( Midas' • Midas' Gilded Eye) • Dual Micro SMGs ( Gwenpool's) • Snoop Dogg's Drum Gun • Veiled Precision SMG ( Night Rose • Eradicator Shadow) • Surgefire SMG ( Enhanced) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • F-11D Blaster ( Captain Phasma's) • E-11 Blaster • CR-2 Blaster • Red-Eye Submachine Gun • SM Beam Gun • SM Rhythm Gun • Five Gun • Holo Rush SMG ( Yule Trooper's) • Flex SMG ( Bigfoot's) • Cube Splitter SMG • Pulse Pistols
Pistols	Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Pinpoint • Where We Droppin) • Suppressed Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Dual Suppressed Pistols • Shadow Tracker) • Dual Pistols ( Hop Rock Dualies) • Hand Cannon ( Deadpool's • Modular • Modular Conductor • Morphite) • Revolver • Scoped Revolver ( Night Hawk) • Six Shooter ( Marksman) • Flashlight Pistol • Flint-Knock Pistol ( Flight-Knock) • Makeshift Revolver • Primal Pistol • Combat Pistol • Sidearm Pistol • Tactical Pistol ( Overdrive) • Lock On Pistol • Mammoth Pistol ( Baron's Double Down • Lawless Explosive • Lawful Explosive • Morphite) • Modular Ranger Pistol • Modular Monarch Pistol ( Doctor Doom's) • DL-44 Blaster Pistol ( Enhanced) • WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols • Hyperburst Pistol ( Enhanced • Unstable Voltage Burst) • Killswitch Revolvers ( Killswitch's) • Wrecker Revolver ( Enhanced • Marksman) • Blade Blaster • Mr. Blasty ( Krusty's) • Deodorant Applicator • Cobalt Slingshot • Finger Guns • Hammer Revolver • Lancehead Pistol ( 9mm Baba Yaga)
Sniper Rifles	Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle ( Dragon's Breath Sniper) • Zapotron • Suppressed Sniper Rifle • Heavy Sniper Rifle ( Boom Sniper Rifle) • Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle • Automatic Sniper Rifle • Hunting Rifle ( Lawless Stink) • Storm Scout Sniper Rifle ( Storm Scout) • Amban Sniper Rifle• Lever Action Rifle • Rail Gun • Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper • Explosive Repeater Rifle • Reaper Modular Sniper Rifle ( Reaper) • Heavy Impact Sniper Rifle ( Lawless Tracking • Lawful Tracking) • Falcon Eye Sniper ( Enhanced • Lawless Final Mark Rifle) • Vengeful Sniper Rifle
Marksman Rifles	DMR • Cobra DMR • Ex-Caliber Rifle ( The Ageless Champion's) • Thermal DMR ( Diamond's) • Tactical DMR • Modular Huntress DMR ( Zeus') • IQA-11 Marksman Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • Deadeye DMR ( Kor's • Unstable Thunderclap) • Vector 7 ( The Foundation's Rift Rifle)
Bows	Boom Bow ( TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow)• Hawkeye's Bow • Makeshift Bow • Primal Bow • Primal Flame Bow • Primal Stink Bow • Mechanical Bow ( Exotic Recon Bow) • Mechanical Explosive Bow ( Raz's) • Mechanical Shockwave Bow • Grappler Bow • Unstable Bow
Crossbows	Crossbow ( Cupid's • Empowered) • Fiend Hunter Crossbow • Dual Fiend Hunters • Plunger Bow • Boom Bolt ( Ringmaster's • Moonflak)
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