WARDOGS TTK & Damage Calculator: Weapons, STK & Armor

Quick Answer

Choose a weapon, FMJ / HP / AP, and an armor level from No Armor through Level 4. The calculator returns chest damage, shots to kill (STK), time to kill (TTK) and armor break, and the ranking updates all 30 weapons under the same conditions.

On the default FMJ vs Level 4 chest setup, examples near the top include the FAL at 340 ms, SVD at 352 ms, SUPER-45 at 382 ms, BMR at 385 ms and PKM at 400 ms. A result of 0 ms means the first successful hit was already lethal.

30-weapon combat data

WARDOGS TTK Calculator

Compare chest TTK, damage, shots to kill and armor break across FMJ, HP and AP against No Armor through Level 4.

30 weapons

Weapon BUSHMASTER M17S A-91 KH-2002 T-21 GALIL M4 AK74 FAL AMP-9 PP-19 VITYAZ MP5 GGX 17 GGX 18 SUPER-45 MP43 M500 M249 SAW PKM SKS SVD BMR SCOUT RIFLE TD MOSIN NAGANT SV-98 MK22 AMR 50 COMPOUND BOW JUDGE M1911 DEAGLE Ammo FMJ HP AP Armor No Armor Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Chest TTK 340 ms first hit to killing hit

Shots to Kill 5 chest hits

Damage / Hit 23.11 chest damage

Armor Break 13 tested break value

ASSAULT · 0.308 · SEMI/FULL · 706 RPM

Same ammo, same armor

Compare Two Weapons

The second weapon inherits the ammo and armor settings above, keeping both sides of the comparison on the same target.

Compare with BUSHMASTER M17S A-91 KH-2002 T-21 GALIL M4 AK74 FAL AMP-9 PP-19 VITYAZ MP5 GGX 17 GGX 18 SUPER-45 MP43 M500 M249 SAW PKM SKS SVD BMR SCOUT RIFLE TD MOSIN NAGANT SV-98 MK22 AMR 50 COMPOUND BOW JUDGE M1911 DEAGLE

FAL

340 ms

Shots

5

Damage

23.11

Fire rate

706 RPM

VS

M4

653 ms

Shots

10

Damage

10.80

Fire rate

827 RPM

FAL is 313 ms faster than M4 in this chest-hit comparison.

Live TTK chart

All Weapons Ranked by TTK

FMJ · Level 4 · chest hits

Weapon class All classes ASSAULT SMG SHOTGUN LMG MARKSMAN SNIPER BOW SECONDARY

Rank	Weapon	Class	Fire Rate	Damage	Shots	TTK	Armor Break
1	FAL 0.308	ASSAULT	706 RPM	23.11	5	340 ms	13
2	SVD 7.62X54	MARKSMAN	512 RPM	27.54	4	352 ms	14
3	SUPER-45 .45 ACP	SMG	1255 RPM	12.14	9	382 ms	25
4	BMR 0.308	MARKSMAN	468 RPM	30.04	4	385 ms	13
5	PKM 7.62X54	LMG	605 RPM	22.25	5	400 ms	14
6	GGX 18 9X19	SECONDARY	1253 RPM	8.90	12	527 ms	35
7	M249 SAW 5.56X45	LMG	884 RPM	11.33	9	543 ms	27
8	SKS 7.62X39	MARKSMAN	416 RPM	21.03	5	577 ms	18
9	DEAGLE .50 AE	SECONDARY	277 RPM	25.49	4	650 ms	12
10	M4 5.56X45	ASSAULT	827 RPM	10.80	10	653 ms	27
11	T-21 5.56X45	ASSAULT	780 RPM	10.80	10	692 ms	27
12	AMP-9 9X19	SMG	945 RPM	8.90	12	698 ms	35
13	PP-19 VITYAZ 9X19	SMG	875 RPM	8.90	12	754 ms	35
14	A-91 5.56X45	ASSAULT	512 / 721 RPM	10.80	10	762 ms	27
15	BUSHMASTER M17S 5.56X45	ASSAULT	513 / 709 RPM	10.80	10	762 ms	27
16	KH-2002 5.56X45	ASSAULT	518 / 711 RPM	10.80	10	762 ms	27
17	M1911 .45 ACP	SECONDARY	470 RPM	15.78	7	766 ms	25
18	MP5 9X19	SMG	836 RPM	8.90	12	789 ms	35
19	AK74 5.45X39	ASSAULT	665 RPM	10.02	10	812 ms	29
20	GALIL 5.56X45	ASSAULT	664 RPM	10.80	10	812 ms	27
21	AMR 50 0.5	SNIPER	55 RPM	74.17	2	1,091 ms	8
22	GGX 17 9X19	SECONDARY	524 RPM	8.90	12	1,260 ms	35
23	JUDGE 0.45 COLT	SECONDARY	212 RPM	18.21	6	1,415 ms	17
24	COMPOUND BOW ARROW	BOW	41 RPM	56.34	2	1,463 ms	10
25	M500 12G SLUG	SHOTGUN	95 RPM	31.66	4	1,895 ms	8
26	SV-98 7.62X54	SNIPER	52 RPM	38.13	3	2,308 ms	14
27	MOSIN NAGANT 7.62X54	SNIPER	48 RPM	38.13	3	2,500 ms	14
28	MK22 0.308	SNIPER	45 RPM	41.60	3	2,667 ms	13
29	SCOUT RIFLE TD 5.56X45	SNIPER	16 RPM	19.42	6	18,750 ms	27
—	MP43 12G SLUG	SHOTGUN	670 RPM	31.66	4	N/A	8

The default chart is FMJ against a Level 4 chest. A one-shot kill is shown as 0 ms because the TTK clock begins with the first successful hit. Unsupported or withheld combinations appear as N/A.

Which TTK Number Should I Look at First?

I start with STK and TTK together.

TTK alone can hide why one gun suddenly moves far ahead of another. A small damage difference may do almost nothing until it changes the number of bullets required for the kill. Once that threshold is crossed, the weapon gains or loses an entire firing interval, which can create a much larger timing gap.

The four values in the calculator answer different questions:

When two weapons have similar TTK, the STK difference can still matter. Needing one fewer connection gives me more margin when the target is about to disappear behind cover. When STK is identical, fire rate is usually doing more of the work.

Why a One-Shot Kill Shows 0 ms

WARDOGS TTK here starts when the first successful damaging hit lands.

If that first hit also kills the player, there is no interval between the first hit and a later killing shot. The result is therefore:

1-shot kill = 0 ms TTK

A two-shot kill includes one firing interval. A four-shot kill includes three.

For a weapon firing at a steady cadence, that relationship can be written as:

TTK = (STK - 1) × 60,000 / RPM

The M4 gives a useful example. With 827 RPM and a four-shot kill:

(4 - 1) × 60,000 / 827 ≈ 218 ms

The FAL at 706 RPM only needs two hits in an unarmored FMJ chest comparison:

(2 - 1) × 60,000 / 706 ≈ 85 ms

That is why an apparently modest difference in damage can create a large gap after it crosses an STK breakpoint.

FAL vs M4 Shows Why STK Breakpoints Matter

The difference between the FAL and M4 is much easier to understand when damage, STK and cadence are read together.

With FMJ against a Level 4 chest, the FAL reaches about 340 ms, while the M4 reaches about 653 ms.

That is not simply a 313 ms fire-rate difference. Armor changes how many rounds each weapon needs, and each additional required round adds another firing interval.

Switch the armor setting and the relationship changes again. Remove armor, move through Levels 1–4, or change to AP, and one weapon may cross the next STK threshold before the other.

That is why I do not compare guns once and assume the result stays valid against every target.

For recoil, attachments and which gun I would actually carry through a moving match, the WARDOGS Best Weapons & Tier List handles those decisions. This calculator stays focused on the hit sequence itself.

Armor Can Change TTK in Steps, Not Smoothly

Armor reduces the damage that reaches the player, but the TTK increase does not always happen gradually.

Suppose one rifle is dealing just enough damage to finish a target in four chest hits. A small reduction that forces a fifth hit adds an entire firing interval immediately.

The calculator lets me move through:

No Armor → Level 1 → Level 2 → Level 3 → Level 4

while keeping the weapon and ammunition unchanged.

That is useful when a gun feels much weaker against a particular armor tier. Sometimes the raw damage has only fallen moderately, but the target has crossed into another STK bracket.

The reverse is also possible. AP may add enough armored damage to remove one required hit, producing a much larger TTK improvement than the per-shot number first suggests.

FMJ, HP and AP Can Produce Completely Different Rankings

Changing ammunition can rearrange the weapon order because FMJ, HP and AP are solving different targets.

The most extreme example is the difference between exposed flesh and heavy protection. HP can produce exceptional damage against unprotected areas, then collapse when those rounds strike high-tier armor. AP gives away some flesh performance but becomes more useful once protected chest and head areas are the shots available.

FMJ sits between those extremes and makes a useful neutral comparison when the next target is unknown.

The practical ammunition decision depends on armor coverage and hit location, not just the first TTK row. The WARDOGS Armor & Ammo Guide covers FMJ, HP, AP, Level 1–4 protection and exposed-limb interactions.

Here, changing the ammo selector answers the numerical part:

How many chest hits does this round need against this armor, and how long do those hits take?

Why HP Can Look Terrible Against Level 4 Chest Armor

HP becomes a good example of why the selected hit location matters.

Against exposed flesh, HP can drastically reduce STK. Put the same ammunition into a Level 4 chest and the result can become extremely poor because the round is being asked to punch through protection instead of hitting flesh.

The poor result comes from the selected hit location: the calculator is showing a chest hit into heavy protection.

An exposed leg can produce a completely different HP result in an actual fight. The WARDOGS Armor & Ammo Guide covers those protected-versus-exposed hit-zone differences.

The calculator deliberately keeps the hit location fixed so that changing weapon, ammunition or armor does not also change the target underneath the comparison.

Why the Ranking Uses Chest Hits

Headshots would make several sniper and high-damage weapons look radically different. Limb hits would make HP much more interesting. Both are useful situations, but mixing them into one 30-weapon ranking would stop the rows from answering the same question.

Chest hits give every weapon one stable target.

This also avoids implying that an all-weapons ranking can capture every specialist weapon correctly. The AMR 50, for example, can produce a one-shot Level 4 head result even though its Level 4 chest TTK looks slow because a second chest shot takes more than a second to arrive.

The Level 4 chest result and the Level 4 headshot are measuring different hit locations, so both can be true at the same time.

Shotguns and bolt-action rifles create the same problem for a single chest ranking because their practical value can depend heavily on where the shot lands and how the weapon delivers its damage.

Armor Break and STK Measure Different Things

STK is the number of successful chest hits required to kill the player. Armor Break is the number of protected hits required to destroy the armor item.

The two values will not always match because armor can still have durability when the player takes lethal health damage. For how protection reduces incoming damage and why armor can remain intact after a kill, see the WARDOGS Armor & Ammo Guide.

Why Some Results Show N/A

N/A means the selected combination does not have a usable numerical result in the calculator.

That can happen when a weapon does not support an HP or AP value for that combination. Missing ammunition is not silently replaced with FMJ.

The MP43 FMJ Level 3 and Level 4 TTK also remain unavailable because those timing values do not resolve consistently with the weapon’s accompanying fire-rate and STK values. The supported MP43 combinations remain selectable.

Those combinations stay N/A instead of substituting a value that does not match the available RPM and STK information.

A Fast TTK Can Still Be a Bad Gun for the Fight

The calculator removes almost everything except successful chest hits.

A match puts all of it back.

The FAL’s 340 ms FMJ Level 4 chest TTK is much faster than the M4’s 653 ms, but that does not make every M4 purchase a mistake. Recoil determines whether the next bullet stays on target. Terrain changes the distance. Cover can remove the chest entirely. A moving Hot Zone can turn a long sight line into a building fight, while the third faction can arrive from the side before the original engagement is finished.

The PKM shows the same distinction. Its 400 ms Level 4 result is excellent, but that number is much easier to reproduce from a prepared lane than while sprinting through several short engagements.

TTK tells me the reward for landing the required sequence. It does not guarantee that the weapon will create that sequence more often.

How to Compare Two WARDOGS Weapons

When I am choosing between two guns, I keep the ammo and armor identical first. Changing several variables at once makes it impossible to see what actually caused the difference.

My comparison usually runs in this order:

1. Check STK. If one gun needs fewer hits, that breakpoint deserves attention immediately.
2. Check TTK. This shows how much the firing cadence changes the final result.
3. Raise the armor level. A small gap at No Armor may become much larger at Level 3 or Level 4.
4. Try AP or HP only when that ammo is relevant to the fight.
5. Then leave the calculator and consider recoil, range and movement.

The side-by-side comparison keeps both weapons on the same ammunition and armor setting, which makes changes much easier to read.

M4 vs FAL

The FAL quickly shows why higher per-shot damage matters. It reaches lower STK thresholds sooner and turns them into much faster chest kills when the opening shots remain accurate.

The M4’s advantage appears outside the calculator: controllability and flexibility across changing ranges.

SV-98 vs MK22

Raw sniper damage can differ without changing the armor breakpoint that matters.

With standard ammunition, both the SV-98 and MK22 can one-shot a Level 2 helmet, while neither one-shots Level 3. The MK22’s extra damage and velocity therefore do not automatically create another one-shot tier.

AP can change that relationship, which is exactly the sort of comparison where switching the ammo selector becomes useful.

SVD vs Bolt-Action Rifles

The SVD gives up some single-shot characteristics in exchange for much faster follow-up fire. When both weapons require multiple hits, cadence starts contributing heavily to the TTK result.

That faster follow-up keeps the SVD competitive whenever the first hit fails to finish the target, especially once armor pushes both weapons into multi-shot kills.

What the Full 30-Weapon Ranking Is Good For

The ranking is most useful after I already know what target I care about.

Set:

ammo → armor → weapon class

and then scan the TTK order.

Filtering to Assault Rifles removes sniper rifles, LMGs and secondaries that are solving completely different fights. The same approach makes SMG, LMG or sniper comparisons much easier to read.

The first row is not automatically the gun I buy. It tells me which weapon deserves a closer look under those exact chest-hit conditions.

A weapon several positions lower may still suit the route much better once recoil, range, magazine behavior and handling are involved.

Quick FMJ Level 4 Chest Reference

With the calculator set to FMJ + Level 4 chest, several useful reference points are:

Those numbers are best used as landmarks rather than a permanent weapon order. Change armor or ammunition and STK thresholds can move enough to rearrange the comparison.

Use the Calculator to Isolate One Variable at a Time

The quickest comparisons start by keeping two settings fixed.

To compare weapons, keep ammo and armor the same.

To compare ammunition, keep weapon and armor the same.

To see what armor changes, keep weapon and ammo the same and move from No Armor through Level 4.

That lets me answer practical numerical questions without mixing several causes together:

• How many chest hits does this weapon need?
• Did Level 3 add another required shot?
• Does AP remove that extra shot?
• Is the TTK gap coming from damage, STK or fire rate?
• Does another weapon actually cross a useful breakpoint?

Once recoil, attachments, range or handling become the deciding factor, I switch to the WARDOGS Best Weapons & Tier List. For protected versus exposed hit zones and FMJ / HP / AP behavior outside a fixed chest comparison, I use the WARDOGS Armor & Ammo Guide.