Time to say hello to your LITTLE FRIEND - a full auto converted rifle with an underbarrel grenade launcher attached. Pretend to reload, and then surprise your enemy by swapping your BANG with a BOOM. Ping between them in the blink of an eye - LITTLE FRIEND is two weapons in one.
Starting from October 1, 2020, the Scarface Character Pack is no longer available for purchase due to licensing issues, rendering this weapon permanently unusable if the DLC was not purchased prior to that date. However, existing owners of the DLC will still be able to buy and use this weapon as normal, although Xbox One and PS4 users can still purchase this pack.[1]
The Little Friend 7.62 is one of the highest damaging rifles in the game, on par with the M308 but has a bigger magazine, however it has slightly lower reserve ammunition, a lower pickup rate and no unique mods to its name, thus limiting it to using generic attachments. Mods aside, the Little Friend is a very accurate weapon, but its rather strong recoil is quite something to consider if using it in full-auto or at range.
The Little Friend's real selling point is its integral grenade launcher, which is permanently attached to it and can be switched to on the fly for quick crowd control, or to quickly deal with oncoming police units when the rifle has to reload. The launcher itself is technically a clone of the GL40 scripts, dealing 1300 damage. However, it has a third of the reserve ammunition (putting it at 2 total grenades) and a lower pickup rate. While it has only one shot per reload, it has a fast fire rate, allowing it to make good use of Swan Song Aced or Bulletstorm to output a large amount of damage in a small amount of time.
However, one of its biggest hidden drawbacks is its terrible Ammo bag efficiency, since its underbarrel grenade launcher counts as a separate weapon, which will draw its own ammo from a bag when the player attempts to refill their stock. Careless ammo bag use can lead to quick depletion, meaning less supply overall for the team.
To activate the underbarreled grenade launcher on PC, press the bipod key (default "4").
To activate the underbarreled grenade launcher on Console, hold down on the "D-pad".
Summary[]
Pros
High base damage
Good base accuracy
Large magazine for its type
Has integral high-damage grenade launcher, which can be quickly switched to
Ammo pickups restore both rifle and grenade ammunition
Decent pick-up rate for rifle
Cons
Rather strong recoil when not modded
Limited total ammo reserve for rifle
Extremely small ammo reserve and low pickup for grenade launcher
Rifle and grenade launcher count as separate weapons when using Ammo Bags, causing more ammunition to be consumed
Small mod pool, with no unique mods
Low concealment that cannot be increased without either a concealment boost or equipping a high concealment silencer while using Optical Illusions
Switch speed between rifle and grenade launcher cannot be improved
Tips[]
View the Little Friend as a hybrid of an M308 and GL40. Prioritize using the underbarrel grenade launcher on groups, and the rifle for single enemies and for replenishing the former between shots as well as finishing off enemies not killed by the blast.
Bringing a secondary shotgun such as the GSPS 12G with Overkill aced will greatly improve ammo efficiency, as the buff will increase damage to the point that the Little Friend can kill all non-special enemies in a single shot, and the shotgun will prove to be an excellent sidearm to use while restoring the Little Friend's ammunition through killed enemies.
Due to its low total ammo, an ammo bag is all but necessary to maintain the Little Friend during combat-heavy heists. If not available, Scavenger Aced can be a reasonable alternative solution.
Staying in semi-automatic operation can help conserve ammunition and prevents potentially wasting half the weapon's ammunition when tased.
Activating Aggressive Reload Aced with a headshot kill from the rifle grants the launcher the 100% increase to reload speed. This permits a single headshot kill to reload both weapons in the buff's four second timespan. Aced Bloodthirst is a good alternative, giving a 50% increase to reload speed for 10 seconds whenever the player gets a melee kill.
Lock N' Load can pair very well with the Little Friend 7.62. Users can switch to the grenade launcher (and back to the rifle) while sprinting. The aced version can supplement well with the low ammo in its magazine, if the user does not mind firing the weapon in full-auto.
Do avoid trying to use the grenade launcher in tight quarters, around civilians or when attacked by a Taser, as stray fire can severely hurt the user, destroy mission-critical equipment and potentially incur additional cleaner costs.
Due to the very low arc of the grenade launcher, it may best to use it against crowds at medium ranges.
Swan Song Aced and Bulletstorm pair well with the grenade launcher, as it allows the player to continuously bombard areas for a limited amount of time.
The Little Friend 7.62 can pair well with Enforcers armed with the OVE9000 Saw as a secondary weapon.
Use the Little Friend 7.62 on semi-automatic primarily, as firing on full auto frequently will exhaust the weapon's ammunition supply very quickly. Users may also want to consider obtaining the Sharpshooter skills in the Mastermind tree to maintain stability and ammunition.
Avoid using the fully automatic setting while Tasers are nearby, as getting tased while set to fully automatic could potentially cause a third of the Little Friend 7.62's ammunition supply to be wasted.
The Copycat Perk Deck's reload-on-kill functionality will work with the Little Friend 7.62, but it will only reload whatever setting the gun is on. IE setting the gun to fire the underbarrel will only reload the underbarrel via the perk deck and not the bullet-using magazine, and vice versa.
The Marmon Compensator is based on the Kel-Tec KSG V6 muzzle brake. For some reason, it is treated as a general-purpose muzzle brake for non-shotgun "rifle-sized" weapons, despite being designed and made specifically for the KSG-12 which, strangely enough, isn't compatible with this specific item.
For whatever reason, this muzzle is meant for 308/7.62 NATO, depending on which model of rifles and machine guns that is within that caliber, but it can also be used for the majority of submachine guns, which wouldn't fit with this specific item.
For some reason, this suppressor is meant for 5.56 NATO, depending on which model of (assault) rifles is, but it can also be used for the majority of submachine guns and all LMG's, despite being designed and specifically made for KAC ChainSAW and Stoner 96 and its LMG counterpart, which wouldn't fit with this specific item.
For some reason, this muzzle is meant for 7.62 NATO, depending on which model of rifles that is within that caliber, but it can also be used for the majority of submachine guns and all LMGs, despite being designed and specifically made for KAC ChainSAW and Stoner 96 and its LMG counterpart (KAC LWAMG), which wouldn't fit with this specific item.
Although the main flashlight has a toggle switch, the laser sight component of the LED Combo is pressure-activated, meaning the laser will stay on as long as the pressure switch is depressed. This switch is not placed where it should be, however (on foregrips, magazine wells, etc...) and is instead ziptied to the main taclight, leaving no plausible mean for the user to toggle it without awkwardly moving their off hand off the weapon and gripping the attachment itself.
Requires a pre-installed sight mod to mount. This mod is not available for Rodion 3B assault rifle, Piglet, Arbiter grenade launcher and all shotguns except Deimos.
Requires a pre-installed sight mod to mount. This mod is not available for Káng Arms X1 sniper rifle, KETCHNOV Byk-1, Rodion 3B assault rifle, Piglet, Arbiter grenade launcher and all shotguns except Deimos.
Requires a pre-installed sight mod to mount. This mod is not available for Káng Arms X1 sniper rifle, KETCHNOV Byk-1, Rodion 3B assault rifle, Piglet, Arbiter grenade launcher and all shotguns except Deimos.
Requires a pre-installed sight mod to mount. The magnification level can be changed while aiming down the sights, and the aiming FOV will automatically adjust itself. Not compatible with the Acough Optic, Military Red Dot, Milspec Scope, Combat Sight, Reconnaissance Sight, Theia Magnified Scope, Box Buddy Sight, the JP36's Original Sight, the Raven's Flip-up Sight or the GROM and Platypus 70's iron sights. Currently bugged and not appearing as intended on certain weapons, for a list see here. They're still listed below even if broken. Shows incompatibility with the Deagle's Marksman Sight, however they are allowed to be installed simultaneously. This mod is not available for AK 7.62, its golden variant, KETCHNOV Byk-1, Valkyria, Rodion 3B assault rifle, some SMGs and some shotguns.
The Riktpunkt Magnifier Gadget is based on the Aimpoint 3XMag attached to a toggle mount. Despite this, the mod's asset file name suggests it was based on the EOTech XPS G33 instead.
The magnifier will toggle on and off by itself when in use without any visual input by the player character.
The JP36 carbines wielded by the GenSec Elites have this gadget installed in conjunction with a Compact Holosight, however it didn't become a player-usable item until 2017.
Requires a pre-installed sight mod to mount. The magnification level can be changed while aiming down the sights, and the aiming FOV will automatically adjust itself. Not compatible with the Acough Optic, Military Red Dot, Milspec Scope, Combat Sight, Reconnaissance Sight, Theia Magnified Scope, Box Buddy Sight, the JP36's Original Sight, the Raven's Flip-up Sight or the GROM and Platypus 70's iron sights. Currently bugged and not appearing as intended on certain weapons, for a list see here. They're still listed below even if broken. Shows incompatibility with the Deagle's Marksman Sight, however they are allowed to be installed simultaneously. This mod is not available for AK 7.62, its golden variant, KETCHNOV Byk-1, Valkyria, Rodion 3B assault rifle, some SMGs and some shotguns.
Upon release, the default reticle of this sight was a chevron instead of the retail version's red dot. After the release of the Gage Mod Courier DLC, it was reverted to the regular sight's red dot.
It is functionally the same as the standard Military Red Dot Sight, but the sight's casing is tan instead of black with the line "A-10" scrawled on near the adjustment knob. The sticker on the lens cap's interior also says "I <3 Payday" instead of having a picture of an American flag.
This sight was based on the Aimpoint CompM2 optic. While it is portrayed as a high-zoom scope in-game, the CompM2 is actually a reflex sight, meaning it offers no magnification in reality.
This sight was based on the Aimpoint CompM2 optic. While it is portrayed as a high-zoom scope in-game, the CompM2 is actually a reflex sight, meaning it offers zero magnification in reality.
This modification seems to have been based on a Sightmark Sure Shot, though altered somehow as it has a perfectly vertical lens frame while the supposed base model had a slightly-trapezoidal one.
•This mod is incompatible with some secondary sights. •This mod is not available for Rodion 3B, VD-12 Shotgun, SG Versteckt 51D, Akron HC & Aran G2 Sniper rifle.
The Reconnaissance Sight is based on the NcSTAR Advanced Dual Optic, but instead of an integral flip-up reflex sight, the in-game model has a rangefinder.
•This mod is incompatible with some secondary sights. •This mod is not available for Rodion 3B, SG Versteckt 51D, Akron HC, Kahn .357 Revolver, Miyaka 10 Special & Aran G2 Sniper rifle.
• This is based off of the Hornets Nest Round, specifically the 22LR variant. • The Sting Grenade is actually firing off 18 .22 rounds instead of 6-pellet shotgun rounds as the game simulates.
Chupacabra (literally "goat-sucker") is a mythical vampiric creature in Latino American folklore who has a predilection for hunting and drinking the blood of livestock, particularly goats from which it gained its name.
The eagle insignia on the stock of the Battle Zone skin for the weapon bears an eagle on the stock. This eagle is also seen on the flag of the Mobile Infantry in the 1997 science fiction film Starship Troopers. Whether this is intentional or a seemingly unlikely coincidence is unknown.
The Mansion Mauler was a rifle commissioned by friends of billionaire and arms collector Randy Carter for his 60th birthday. When he died, his gun collection, including the Mansion Mauler, was given to the "Arlington Museum of Firearms" apparently in accordance to his will. The rifle was stolen from the museum in late 2016.
For whatever reason, the skin's texture superimposes what appears to be a set of MP5A4 four-point fire selector pictograms onto the Little Friend's original ones.
Trivia[]
The Little Friend 7.62 is based on the Heckler & Koch HK417D with a Colt M203 grenade launcher attached. The in-game rifle sports an AR-15 solid stock instead of the proprietary one by Heckler & Koch and features a set of Centurion Arms aftermarket diopter drum sights in place of the HK417's factory flip up iron sights.
The name of the weapon is a reference to the quote "Say hello to my little friend" from the 1983 remake of Scarface. Notably, however, the term "little friend" spoken in the film refers to the M203's 40mm grenade round that Montana uses against the mobsters looking to storm his office rather than the rifle itself.
The Little Friend bears the same default "duckbill" flash hider as the Bootleg instead of the HK417's proper one.
The Little Friend is the first of its class to be explicitly given the "Assault Rifle" suffix, despite being a full-powered battle rifle. This is especially odd, given that weapons covered by the umbrella category are usually suffixed only as "Rifles", to account for the many sub-types of automatic rifles included.
Despite this weapon being a reference to Scarface, the actual weapon used in said film is an AR-15 adapted to allow for auto-firing, not an HK417. This could probably because the game already has an M16/AR-15, implementing yet another one would be redundant.
The description also claims the Little Friend was modified to allow for automatic firing in reference to the aforementioned converted AR-15, despite the real HK417 being capable of selective firing in the first place.
The Little Friend's full-auto notch on the selector dial reads "30", even though both it and the real HK417 are normally fed from 20-round magazines.
Like the M308, the Little Friend is set to semi-automatic fire by default. Despite this, the selector dial on the weapon model is always set to automatic fire.
The Little Friend 7.62 is the first weapon in PAYDAY 2 to feature an underbarreled grenade launcher.
The markings on the underbarreled launcher read: "Crosskill, Hartford Conn, USA" and "Launcher Grenade 40MM: M203 S/N 101380 U.S.A".
Scarface admiring his rifle.
Due to the shared two-handed third person animation, player characters wielding the Little Friend will have their left hand clipping into the underbarreled launcher. The launcher itself also has no unique animation when observed in third person.
Upgrading Scarface's room in the Safe House will also create a mounting rack with a Little Friend rifle on the wall within an arm's reach of his desk. Scarface may occasionally be seen posing with the rifle and/or visually admiring it.
On loud, Ernesto Sosa uses the Little Friend 7.62 to blow up his office door in the Scarface Mansion heist, mirroring the famous scene from Scarface (1983) when Tony himself is surrounded by hostile henchmen.
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