# KG-7 Vulcan vs Wz.55 Striga in MW4

URL: https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/kg-7-vulcan-vs-wz-55-striga/
Updated: 2026-11-04

Wz.55 Striga is ahead on 8 of the 12 key stats that both weapons report; KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on 3, and 1 stat is tied. Wz.55 Striga's biggest lead is fire rate (651 RPM against 41 RPM). KG-7 Vulcan's is horizontal recoil (8.7 against 19.1). Fire rate and magazine size are Activision's numbers; the other key stats are community-reported by CODMunity, read November 4, 2026.

[Open both in the compare tool](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/?w=kg-7-vulcan,wz-55-striga) [Build with KG-7 Vulcan](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=kg-7-vulcan) [Build with Wz.55 Striga](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=wz-55-striga)

Sniper Rifle SMG

KG-7 Vulcan is a sniper rifle and Wz.55 Striga is an SMG. This pair has a page because both are among the 12 weapons with the highest Multiplayer pick rate in CODMunity's list.

## Official numbers

*Official numbers for KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga, from Activision's launch weapon sheets*

| Stat | [KG-7 Vulcan](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/kg-7-vulcan/) | [Wz.55 Striga](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/wz-55-striga/) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fire rate (higher is better) | 41 RPM | 651 RPM Ahead |
| Magazine size (higher is better) | 10 rounds | 25 rounds Ahead |
| Reserve rounds (higher is better) | 20 rounds | 75 rounds Ahead |
| Total rounds (higher is better) Magazine plus reserve | 30 rounds | 100 rounds Ahead |
| Unlock level | Player Level 4 | Player Level 18 |
| Weapon levels | 75 | 60 |
| Apex Attachment | KG-7 Drillcharge | WZ.55 Striga Rampage |
| Apex blocks | no attachment types | Optic, Stock and Underbarrel |

From Activision's launch weapon sheets. A damage table and time to kill are not published.

## About KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga

### KG-7 Vulcan

High-capacity bolt-action sniper rifle with a comparatively high rate of fire.

Apex Attachment, KG-7 Drillcharge: Side-mounted KG-9 Drillcharge rounds that drill into a surface and then detonate, for flushing out entrenched players. Activision lists no blocked attachment types for it.

### Wz.55 Striga

Low-fire-rate SMG with best-in-class mobility and recoil control; subsonic rounds hide enemy skulls on kills.

Apex Attachment, WZ.55 Striga Rampage: Paired-frame akimbo conversion that doubles close-quarters output while keeping the platform agile. Harder to control. It blocks optic, stock, and underbarrel attachments.

## Community-reported stats

Community-reported Base values with nothing attached, read from [CODMunity](https://codmunity.gg/weapon-stats/mw4) on November 4, 2026. Unverified.

Across the 31 rows with a direction, KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on 7 and Wz.55 Striga on 22; 2 rows are tied and 0 rows are not compared because a weapon has no value.

- Official numbers: Wz.55 Striga is ahead on fire rate (very wide), reserve rounds (very wide), total rounds (very wide), and magazine size (very wide); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
- Mobility: Wz.55 Striga is ahead on ADS movement speed (very wide), firing movement speed (wide), crouch movement speed (wide), strafe speed (clear), movement speed (clear), tactical sprint speed (clear), and sprint speed (clear); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
- Handling: Wz.55 Striga is ahead on sprint to fire speed (very wide), ADS speed (very wide), ADS out speed (very wide), drop speed (wide), reload time (wide), and raise speed (moderate); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
- Recoil: KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on vertical gun kick (very wide), horizontal gun kick (very wide), horizontal recoil (very wide), and vertical recoil (clear), and Wz.55 Striga is ahead on ADS idle sway (moderate). Level on ADS gun bob.
- Range and bullets: KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on bullet penetration (very wide) and bullet velocity (very wide); Wz.55 Striga leads no row of this group. Level on damage range.
- Hip fire and flinch: Wz.55 Striga is ahead on hip idle sway (very wide), flinch received (very wide), hip turn sway (wide), and hip gun bob (wide); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
- Fire rate and ammo: KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on headshot multiplier (very wide); Wz.55 Striga leads no row of this group.

Brackets give the size of the gap as a share of the larger value: tiny under 2%, narrow under 5%, moderate under 10%, clear under 20%, wide under 40%, very wide above.

The widest gaps across both tables are vertical gun kick (KG-7 Vulcan 14.5 against 298.3), fire rate (Wz.55 Striga 651 RPM against 41 RPM), and horizontal gun kick (KG-7 Vulcan 6.8 against 31.5).

CODMunity lists no stat change for the KG-7 Drillcharge.

WZ.55 Striga Rampage, community-reported effects from CODMunity: Horizontal recoil −31% (better), Vertical recoil −25% (better), Raise speed −22% (better), and Reload time +20% (worse).

### Attachment effects reported for KG-7 Vulcan

The community-reported attachments for KG-7 Vulcan with the largest change to a key stat, according to CODMunity.

- [15 Round Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/15-round-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size +50% (better).
- [6 Round Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/6-round-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size −40% (worse).
- [Hanbit RTR Mk. I](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/hanbit-rtr-mk-i/) (stock): ADS movement speed +27% (better).
- [FT Hyperport 408](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/ft-hyperport-408/) (muzzle): Horizontal recoil −25% (better).

### Attachment effects reported for Wz.55 Striga

The community-reported attachments for Wz.55 Striga with the largest change to a key stat, according to CODMunity.

- [50 Round Drum Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/50-round-drum-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size +100% (better).
- [35 Round Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/35-round-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size +40% (better).
- [GW Sender 500](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/gw-sender-500/) (barrel): Damage range +26% (better).
- [1/2x28 Dual Port](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/1-2x28-dual-port/) (muzzle): Horizontal recoil −25% (better).

*Community-reported base stats of KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga from CODMunity, row by row*

| Stat | [KG-7 Vulcan](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/kg-7-vulcan/) | [Wz.55 Striga](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/wz-55-striga/) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobility |  |  |
| Movement speed (higher is better) | 4.33 m/s | 5.06 m/s Ahead |
| ADS movement speed (higher is better) | 1.13 m/s | 3.54 m/s Ahead |
| Sprint speed (higher is better) | 5.80 m/s | 6.46 m/s Ahead |
| Tactical sprint speed (higher is better) | 6.67 m/s | 7.68 m/s Ahead |
| Crouch movement speed (higher is better) | 1.86 m/s | 2.64 m/s Ahead |
| Strafe speed (higher is better) | 3.31 m/s | 3.89 m/s Ahead |
| Firing movement speed (higher is better) | 2.80 m/s | 4.42 m/s Ahead |
| Handling |  |  |
| ADS speed (lower is better) | 550 ms | 196 ms Ahead |
| ADS out speed (lower is better) | 504 ms | 223 ms Ahead |
| Sprint to fire speed (lower is better) | 270 ms | 96 ms Ahead |
| Reload time (lower is better) | 4367 ms | 3167 ms Ahead |
| Raise speed (lower is better) | 1367 ms | 1233 ms Ahead |
| Drop speed (lower is better) | 700 ms | 433 ms Ahead |
| Recoil |  |  |
| Vertical recoil (lower is better) | 49.2 Ahead | 56.1 |
| Horizontal recoil (lower is better) | 8.7 Ahead | 19.1 |
| Vertical gun kick (lower is better) | 14.5 Ahead | 298.3 |
| Horizontal gun kick (lower is better) | 6.8 Ahead | 31.5 |
| ADS idle sway (lower is better) | 0.63° | 0.59° Ahead |
| ADS gun bob (lower is better) | 0.10° Tie | 0.10° Tie |
| Range and bullets |  |  |
| Bullet velocity (higher is better) | 740 m/s Ahead | 380 m/s |
| Damage range (higher is better) An index: 100 is the weapon's own damage range, and attachments scale it | 100% Tie | 100% Tie |
| Bullet penetration (higher is better) | 27.0 in Ahead | 9.0 in |
| Hip fire and flinch |  |  |
| Hip idle sway (lower is better) | 5.40° | 1.63° Ahead |
| Hip gun bob (lower is better) | 1.09° | 0.87° Ahead |
| Hip turn sway (lower is better) | 30.6° | 20.9° Ahead |
| Flinch received (lower is better) | 0.62x | 0.22x Ahead |
| Fire rate and ammo |  |  |
| Headshot multiplier (higher is better) | 2.60x Ahead | 1.40x |

"Ahead" marks the better value of a row; "not reported" means no value, not zero.

## Pick rates and tiers

Community-reported Other sites' own figures and opinions about KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga, not Activision data.

*Community pick rates, tiers and builds for KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga*

| Figure | KG-7 Vulcan | Wz.55 Striga |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Multiplayer pick rate (CODMunity) | 4.0% | 5.4% |
| ggranked tier | Tier D, 2,623 ms time to kill | Tier A, 821 ms time to kill |
| DMZ Radar tier | Tier A | Tier C |
| Community builds listed | 2 Multiplayer and 1 DMZ | 3 Multiplayer and 2 DMZ |

## Latest official changes

The newest patch notes that change KG-7 Vulcan or Wz.55 Striga, as listed on this site.

No change to KG-7 Vulcan is listed in the patch notes tracked on this site.

### Wz.55 Striga: First weapon tuning update, October 28, 2026

- Max Damage Range changed from 440 to 470 (+6.8%).
- Mid Damage Range 1 changed from 825 to 840 (+1.8%).
- Left Lower Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
- Left Upper Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
- Left Hand Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
- Right Lower Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
- Right Upper Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
- Right Hand Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).

[Patch notes of October 28, 2026](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/patch-notes/2026-10-28/)

## Weapon pages, builds and tools

- [KG-7 Vulcan: stats, attachments and Apex Attachment](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/kg-7-vulcan/)
- [Wz.55 Striga: stats, attachments and Apex Attachment](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/wz-55-striga/)
- [Best build for KG-7 Vulcan](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/kg-7-vulcan/best-build/)
- [Best build for Wz.55 Striga](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/wz-55-striga/best-build/)
- [Open KG-7 Vulcan in the class builder](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=kg-7-vulcan)
- [Open Wz.55 Striga in the class builder](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=wz-55-striga)

## More weapon comparisons

### Other pair pages with KG-7 Vulcan

- [KG-7 Vulcan vs Astaroth .57](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/astaroth-57-vs-kg-7-vulcan/)
- [KG-7 Vulcan vs Signal 50](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/kg-7-vulcan-vs-signal-50/)

### Other pair pages with Wz.55 Striga

- [Wz.55 Striga vs VEL 46](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/vel-46-vs-wz-55-striga/)
- [Wz.55 Striga vs ISO Nightshade](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/iso-nightshade-vs-wz-55-striga/)
- [Wz.55 Striga vs X-58 Nyx](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/wz-55-striga-vs-x-58-nyx/)
- [Wz.55 Striga vs PPSh-41](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/ppsh-41-vs-wz-55-striga/)

## Frequently asked questions

**Q: What do the Apex Attachments of KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga do?**

A: KG-7 Drillcharge (KG-7 Vulcan): Side-mounted KG-9 Drillcharge rounds that drill into a surface and then detonate, for flushing out entrenched players. Activision lists no blocked attachment types for it. WZ.55 Striga Rampage (Wz.55 Striga): Paired-frame akimbo conversion that doubles close-quarters output while keeping the platform agile. Harder to control. It blocks optic, stock, and underbarrel attachments.

**Q: Where is KG-7 Vulcan ahead of Wz.55 Striga, and where is Wz.55 Striga ahead?**

A: On CODMunity's base values (community-reported, read November 4, 2026): KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on vertical gun kick (very wide), horizontal gun kick (very wide), bullet penetration (very wide), horizontal recoil (very wide), bullet velocity (very wide), headshot multiplier (very wide), and 1 other row. Wz.55 Striga is ahead on fire rate (very wide), reserve rounds (very wide), total rounds (very wide), hip idle sway (very wide), ADS movement speed (very wide), flinch received (very wide), and 16 other rows.

**Q: How often are KG-7 Vulcan and Wz.55 Striga picked, and what tiers do they have?**

A: CODMunity's Multiplayer pick rate is 4.0% for KG-7 Vulcan and 5.4% for Wz.55 Striga, so Wz.55 Striga is picked about 1.4 times as often. ggranked places KG-7 Vulcan in tier D and Wz.55 Striga in tier A. ggranked gives a time to kill of 2,623 ms for KG-7 Vulcan and 821 ms for Wz.55 Striga; that is the site's own calculation, not a published value. DMZ Radar places KG-7 Vulcan in tier A and Wz.55 Striga in tier C. These are community figures, not Activision data: CODMunity and the tier lists, read November 4, 2026.

Community-reported values: CODMunity, read November 4, 2026. Official numbers: Activision launch posts, updated October 24, 2026. Unofficial fan site; see Data and assumptions for every source and gap.