Menacing Heavy Weapons - 1.7.3
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 584 Audio mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Which weapons should I do next?
Initial Release - 1. 0
- Recoilless Rifle
- Firing, Shell Eject and Load sounds.
- Quasar Cannon
- Firing, Charge up, Overheat and Ready State sounds.
- Laser Cannon
- Firing, Charge up and Overheat Warning sounds.
1. 1 - Tuning
- Recoilless Rifle
- Upgraded the shell eject sound with a sharp ping like the vanilla sound.
- Lowered the volume of the Firing sound, made a slight change to it and modified it to not cut out so fast.
- Laser Cannon
- Lowered the volume of the Firing loop sound.
- Increased the volume of the Overheat Warning and made it much faster.
1. 2 Update
- NEW Autocannon (Inspired by M1 Grand)
- Firing, Reload, Open/Close During Reload and Added a more audible ping to every shot.
1. 3 Update
- NEW RS-422 Railgun
- Firing, Charge up, Reload, Warning for unsafe mode and Max charge sound for safe mode.
- 2 Sub options for the Railgun in AIO file, unsafe mode is the default.
1. 4 Update
- NEW PLAS-45 Epoch
- Firing, Charge up, Reload and Max charge warning sounds.
1. 5 Update & Tweaks
- NEW FLAM-40 Flamethrower
- New firing, idle and repel sounds.
- PLAS-45 Epoch (Felt like I missed the mark with the Epoch, sounds were a bit too industrious for a plasma weapon.)
- Added a bit of bass to the firing sound.
- Changed warning sound to be more audible.
- Changed charge up sound.
- Changed reload sound.
- AC-8 Autocannon
- Drasticly reduced the ping during firing.
- Changed firing sound slightly, see video.
- Reworked Reload sound.
- Ping is now only clearly audible during reload.
1. 6 Update
- NEW FAF-14 Spear
- New Lock on/Locked In and firing sound.
- AC-8 Autocannon
- Added an option to have a loud ping. Quiet will be the default.
- PLAS-45 Epoch
- Due to feedback I decided to revert the Charge Up sound and Firing.
- Combined the old reload with the 1. 5 version.
1. 6. 1 Hotfix
- AC-8 Autocannon
- Fixed the audio silencing the Oil Truck on Hive Worlds.
- The Oil Truck Autocannon uses the same sounds in the mod.
1. 6. 2 Small Update
- REINTRODUCING Exosuits
- Basically almost all sounds changed from my previous mod.
- Added Menacing Exosuit Sounds mod here for better organization.
1. 7. 0 Update
- NEW MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun
- Changes just the firing sound for now.
- ADDITION* Exosuits
- Added option to use the old MVM horn.
- Added option to use Warlord Titan Warhorn from 40K universe.
- RS-422 Railgun
- Added option to combine Unsafe and Safe sounds.
- LAS-99 Quasar Cannon
- Fixed the audio thanks to an update made with HD2 Audio Modder.
- Remade the audio to be cleaner because of the update.
- Changes firing sound.
1. 7. 1 Update
- Exosuits (Yet another)
- Changed the Gatlin Gun sounds.
- Rocket Arm got a bit of audio cleanup.
- Changed Autocannons once again to elliminate the muffeled noise.
1. 7. 2 Update & Patch Fix
- Lowered the volume of the autocannons to make the pelican guns go easy on ears.
- LAS-99 Quasar Cannon
- Temporarly removed because of a mistake I made erasing the sound files so I have to redo it again.😢
1. 7. 3 Fixes
- Return of the Menacing LAS-99 Quasar Cannon
- Reconstructed au
Menacing Heavy Weapons is an audio overhaul mod for support weapons, reimagining their sounds to deliver a more satisfying and impactful experience. With 1,336 endorsements and 94,093 downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking enhanced audio feedback. Last updated in May 2026, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with over 1.3k endorsements and 94k downloads
- Delivers that crunchy, satisfying audio feedback for heavy weapons
- Active development, updated recently in May 2026
⚠️ Cons
- Only covers support weapons, so other weapon types remain unchanged
- Audio overhauls can clash with other sound mods if not load-ordered properly
- May not suit players who prefer subtle audio changes over dramatic effects
For players who love the thump of heavy weapons and want every shot to feel impactful. If you're tired of weak-sounding support weapons and want audio that matches their power, this is for you. Skip if you prefer vanilla audio or only use rifles and pistols.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you use other audio mods, place this one lower in your load order to ensure its sounds take priority.
- Test in a firing range or against a few enemies to hear the difference before jumping into combat.
- Since it's audio-only, it's safe to install mid-playthrough without breaking saves.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Helldivers 2 Mods
- Author
- Wal1rider
- Version
- 1.7.3
- Downloads
- 94,088
- Endorsements
- 1,323
- Category
- Audio
- Created
- 7/30/2025
- Updated
- 5/27/2026
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