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Does holding a pistol make you run further (or faster) than your primary weapon?

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I wasn't able to find an 'official answer' but there were a number of sources that said only the primary affects your speed.

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On movement speed (player speed is determined by the weapon in his primary slot): SMGs and Sniper Rifles have a Speed of 100% Assault Rifles have a Speed of 95% Machineguns have a Speed of 87.5% Riot Shield has a Speed of 80% A player can pick up another weapon and keep the movement speed of the weapon he spawned with.

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Only primaries affect running speed so pistols don't count. Also, it goes like this: SMG's/Snipers > AR's > LMG's > Riot shield

On a semi related note: Lightweight will multiply the player's movement speed by 1.1x ( 8% to 10% increase depending on the weapon).

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  • Thats interesting, so spawning with an SMG or Sniper its possible to pick up a Riot Shield or LMG and run full speed?
    – Aardvark
    Commented Jan 19, 2011 at 16:27
  • Going by the information I found that would be possible.
    – Rapida
    Commented Jan 19, 2011 at 16:56
  • This is really useful information. Great data visual presentation of this complex information.
    – milesmeow
    Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 1:15
  • @Aardvark No. The speed you move at is the slowest speed among the weapons you are carrying. If you pick up a riot shield, you move at riot shield speed, regardless of what other weapon you have or what you spawned with. Also, I could've sworn the lightweight speed was x 1.15, but maybe not.
    – DCShannon
    Commented Dec 23, 2015 at 0:46

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