Battlefield 6 Best SMG is Insane...

jackfrags| 00:16:51|Mar 30, 2026
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The narrator introduces the P90, calls it a strong meta option on B6 Meta, and mentions using a 50 round mag and NVG sight while lacking full attachments.

P90 crushes in Battlefield 6 even without meta attachments, proving surprisingly overpowered in the right hands.

Summary

jackfrags dives into Battlefield 6 with an eye-opening first impression of the P90. He notes the P90 sits at number two on the B6 Meta list and demonstrates its rapid kill capability, even with level 16-17 unlocks and no suppressor yet. The clip highlights practical details like the 50-round mag and a toggleable NVG sight via the V key, which brightens enemies for night-vision users. He candidly admits the grind to fully level up guns and unlock meta attachments remains less than ideal, despite improvements in the latest patch. The session blends gameplay with a casual observer’s critique of progression speed and attachment choices, including violet laser, heavy extended barrel, and flash hider options. Across the match, jackfrags comments on the P90’s performance against tanks and helicopters, and even forgoes streamer mode to gauge chat interaction while testing the gun. He also reflects on audience feedback, noting some viewers prefer pure gameplay videos over opinion pieces, and thanks his community for years of support. The video closes with a confident verdict: the P90 feels ridiculously effective, and a non-meta build still delivers impressive results—psst, the BF6 meta can wait until you unlock the right attachments.

Key Takeaways

  • The P90 ranks #2 on the BF6 Meta list and kills very quickly in practice.
  • A 50-round magazine and lightweight setup contribute to sustained, aggressive play.
  • NVG sight toggle (V) dramatically enhances visibility in night or dark maps.
  • progression grind remains a pain point, even after patch tweaks, especially for unlocking suppressors.
  • Non-meta builds can still perform exceptionally well depending on attachments like violet laser and heavy barrel/flash hider.
  • The P90’s effectiveness extends to countering threats like helicopters and tanks in close-to-mid range.
  • Viewers respond positively to pure gameplay content alongside news and opinions, influencing creator pacing.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for Battlefield 6 players curious about solid non-meta SMG setups and how far you can push the P90 with limited unlocks. It’s also for fans of jackfrags who want practical testing and a candid take on progression and attachment choices.

Notable Quotes

""The P90 is ridiculous.""
Jackfrags confirms the standout performance of the weapon during the test.
""It's like I'm playing Wolfenstein.""
Describes the intensity and visual feedback when using the P90 in game.
""The P90 is just such a cool iconic weapon.""
Reflects on the cultural familiarity and fun factor of the gun.
""I haven't got time to level all these guns up... it's still a grind.""
Honest critique of progression speed despite patch changes.
""Would recommend. Very good.""
Final verdict endorsing the P90 despite not being meta.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How good is the P90 in Battlefield 6 without meta attachments?
  • What attachments maximize the P90’s effectiveness in BF6 right now?
  • Does the NVG sight toggle actually help in competitive BF6 play?
  • Why is BF6 progression grind still a pain even after patches?
  • Can the P90 counter tanks and helicopters effectively in Battlefield 6?
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Full Transcript
Okay, so people are telling me that the P90 is sick now in Battlefield 6. And I haven't really used this gun that much. I've got it to like level 16, I think, something like that. And I've barely touched it, but I checked on the B6 Meta website, and this is currently the number two SMG. And look how quick it kills. It's really impressive. And of course, you get the 50 round mag with it, too. Now, because I'm only level 16 or 17, whatever, I don't have the meta attachments or anything. And I don't have a suppressor right now, but I just wanted to try it and see cuz it feels very effective in the firing wrench. And I got this site on it, too. This is kind of interesting. So, you see right now it's just a normal sight. If I press V on the keyboard, it turns to an NVG site. And if these targets were real players, they'd be coming up bright white. So, yeah, we'll check it out today. Let's play. But yeah, that's the build as well. Like I said, it's not meta or anything. I don't have a suppressor. Level 21 I need for that. So, I need another four levels. I'm going to I'm going to be honest with you guys. I haven't got time to level all these guns up, man. I know they improved the progression a little bit in the last big patch, but I still don't think it's quick enough. Honestly, I don't. I think it's still a bit of a grind, especially when you get over those initial levels. Anyway, I digress. So, mag catch, faster reloads, lightweight bullets, 50 round mag. I think that's the only option. Yeah, violet laser. That's the new OP attachment. Heavy extended barrel flash hider. Is that the new flash hider? Might be. And then nothing here that weird thermal hybrid. So yeah, let's uh check it out. What map should we do? Should we do Contaminated? I mean, I know I played that a lot at the start of season 2, but I feel like I've just been on Hogand's base forever. Also, I wanted to say thanks to you guys, too. I don't take anything I do for granted here. And I know that a lot of my BF6 videos are kind of topical or news or talking points or constructive criticism about the game cuz there's obviously a lot that can be improved still. But I've posted a few videos recently where it's just gameplay. You know, me playing the game and using different attachments and thermal scopes and whatever. And it's been nice to read the comments of people saying, "Hey, it was cool to just see this some gameplay rather than the opinion pieces, I suppose." So, I just want to say I see those comments and I appreciate that. And also in a couple of videos ago, somebody mentioned that they were watching me when they were a kid and I mentioned that too. And a few people left comments saying, "Hey, you know, I'm kind of in the same boat. I was in college when I started watching you, whatever, and now I'm in the military or I've got a career or a family, whatever it was there were a load of great comments from people who'd been watching for 15 years or so, which is how long I've been making YouTube videos on this channel. So, yeah. I mean, like I said, I never take it for granted and I'm very grateful that you guys always turned up and hopefully we can still provide way more years of news and entertainment and funny moments in gaming. All right, then. So, here we go. Look at that. Wow. It's like I'm playing Wolfenstein. That's what that feels like. There's a full server. Look at the names here. Reload out of pure emotion. General George Hammond. Oh yeah. Okay, so this as well. I forgot to mention this. This is going to be the first time that I'm playing Battlefield 6 without using the streamer mode. Look at that guy. Or the anonymous mode. So, I just did this because when I go back and play the older BF games, usually we get some kind of reaction in the chat. whether that's just people saying hi or hling abuse or saying I watch your videos or just wanting to kind of like be in the video. So I thought let's try in BF6 and see what what it's going to be like. So I'll leave the chat up. Usually I just have it turned off. But yeah, first time playing non anonymous mode in BF6. Usually I've got the Bright Hawk name or whatever random name it assigns you. So it gives you a random name every single match. Little bird. I mean, that was close. What's he doing? Is he coming? Someone hit it. What was that? Wait, did it Did it get APSed? I don't know. I'm here to test out the P90. I mean, it's not good enough to do damage against that tank, is it? Is that an enemy? It was an enemy. Has it gone past me? We get the side hit here. My mine's not gone off. Didn't I put a mine down? Oh, that's not bad. You know, that's really not bad there. That tap fire. I wouldn't say that guy was close range there either. Remember, this is a SMG. That was all right. Roly poly. I go with this guy. He's got his hammer out. Yeah, I don't think I've managed to kill anyone with that yet either. Just blowing those things up. And I've got to remember as well, I can toggle. I've got my different scopes. But look, I wouldn't have seen those guys there. See, look. I just wouldn't have noticed them. I mean, obviously I spotted that guy, but look, sniping again on this map with the thermal. I mean, maybe, but no, that's not today. Today is P90. P90 is just such a cool iconic weapon. I think for a lot of people as well that are into like gaming and nerdy stuff, maybe the first time you saw it was Stargate, maybe. Perhaps I'm wrong about that. But for me, I think that was my first exposure to it. What else? Maybe Metal Gear Solid. I think perhaps I saw it in MGS. Pretty sure it was in MGS. I remember the FAMAS as well. That was in MGS, but that was also Counterstrike. Got a little AV mine See if we get any purchase there. There's a guy there. Not bad. Not bad. I know I missed a few shots there. I'm trying to get used to the the recoil and tap firing there. Little bird. Oh man, that sounds great. Tack helicopter could do taking that out. Really? There's an LV down there. Dude, that is fast. That is really fast. Oh my god. Okay, the people were right. They were right about the P90. It's ridiculous. Confirmed. This is a nice little spot here, isn't it? And look, if anyone turns up, they're just going to glow. Grenade. Where'd that grenade come from? It's like right. Oh my god. That What was that noise? Did you hear that? That was very strange. Unlucky, Perry. Nice try. You think that was the grenade hitting me? Like getting stuck in me or something? That was weird. Oh, we're losing C. Okay, this is a good test here for the P90 or the Pro90. Two people. They're going to be over there. How's this tank? Want to get behind it. We got another engineer here. Got APS. Is there one out? Yes. Right on the noggin. That was somebody over there. Oh yeah. Dude, this thing fries. Wait, there's someone else. There he is. That's a body standing out like a sore thumb. There's another guy above me. Is he dead? Yeah, he's gone. You get a lot of shots before we need to reload, too. Claymore. There's a claymore. Why is that claymore moving? Okay, it's not moving. It just looks like it's moving. You see that claymore? What the That is a really weird map rotation. He's above me. The mountain goat. Have I got a rocket left? I got two left. I mean, that's a bit far, isn't it? Guy there, dude. Sh. Is this allowed? Should the P90 be allowed to do that? Two guys There. It's nice. It is nice. Ow. I don't want to get sniped. No snipy. No snipy. Oh no, I'm dead. Yep. I mean, that is a really strong first impression there. Why is the little bird free? I haven't used this in ages. Wait, I'm just going to I'm going to dip it, ship it, and rip it. Is that a thing that people say? Where you going? Oh, it's very satisfying to use the little bird. It is very good. Why is no one locking on to me? What's going on? There's a tank there. Literally two rockets. So good. It's a glass cannon though, isn't it? I mean, I could go for that attack helicopter. Ah, I'm out. You fell to your death. I didn't fall to my death. No, no, no, no, no. I didn't fall to my death. Wait, Perry's going to go for the res. Perry, if this guy gets this res, mate, you got to come res me. There's a guy there. Perry. Perry, it's dangerous. No, Perry. Nice try, mate. Yeah, the intention was there from Perry for sure. I go back in. I mean, we've lost C. I want to go in there. I kind of like having the night vision, though. Would I have seen him? I don't know. Maybe not. That guy's flying like crazy right now. I mean, he just ran past like an elephant. I can hear more. Very good. OH, COME ON. Have we got C? Was it LAV? All right, they're going to take C back here, I think. They don't know about my flank, though. He was kind of hard to see cuz there's smoke there. There's a guy there, though. I want to get in a tunnel or something. Come on, let's go. Let's go. Oh, no. Close. Need some cover. Need some heals. I've not really tried the hip fire yet either, to be honest. Just had a parachute. You get the hipfire buff when you're playing as engineer. Let's do a little scan here. No, it looks good. Okay. Okay. People love to camp on top though, don't they? Is that a player? I said that like I'm playing Day Z or something. Is that a player over there? I mean, the thermal sights in Day Z were OP. Especially in Do you remember the Wasteland mod for armor? They were insane in that. I feel like the whole team is up there. Tulo. Ah, that was bad prediction there. They keep trying to take C back. That was a rapid revive there. Oh no. Across. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Legend, let me go prone. Nice. Please get flanked. It does not want me to go prone in there. Is that clear now? Yeah. Nice little flank. I enjoyed that. And the old scorpion came in clutch as well. Perry MVP. What this is? You got some nice moves there, Perry. Do that again. Do that again. Nice. Do we go to a helicopter? Oh, friendly. I'm going to get murdered by a tank here, aren't I? There it is. Here comes the murder. Get in the trenches. Okay, I'm not going to get murdered by the tank. I'm going to do the murdering. I'm getting distracted. You get res. Come on. A that last guy. I wanted the quad kill. That looks nice in the kill feed, man. The house has come down. Why is that tank not being used? Wait, wait, wait, wait. Can I not? I love using the toes. They did get nerfed, but they're still really good. That guy's got a red parachute. I don't have the toe on this. Damn it. I thought I did. Thought I had it unlocked. Backo. Bad miss. Not enough practice in the tanks. Oh, they're on C. I mean, I can try and get that maybe. Here we go. Am I going to win this fight? Trying to hit the size and my tank. He's being repped. I need someone repping me. One more. I might get away with this. Come on. Oh, I'm being wrecked. Thank you. Look at Perry. Perry is an absolute legend of a gamer. Should we go in and get killed by a mine? Is there anyone there? Nothing. This is stupid, but I'm playing the objective, so All right, mate. I don't care. It's fine. He's right here. Wait. He's on me. No, no, no, no, no, no. Get off. I was going to give him the old shake. Oh, hello. He's in there. See if I can kill him. OH. OH my god. Let's go. Wait, I don't need to reload that yet. Got 50 bullets. Oh my god. Oh, a law who uses a law on infantry as well. That one hurts. That really hurts. It's an honor to be killed by him. Lol. Get his tags. Be interesting if it's the Jacks. It isn't. It's a fake, I'm afraid. Right back to B. Oh, what did I I saw a little red dot there. Why are they up on the hill here? What the? Yeah, that's ridiculous. That's actually really quick. Oh, there's a tank. That's why. Have I managed to hit a helicopter yet? I don't think I have. You got to try. A tank down there. I mean, this is the worst position for that tank to be in right now. No, I want you. Oh, he absed. Yeah, the P90 is really good. Really, really good. Would recommend. Very good. That's like GG. Not even a meta build either. So, when you unlock stuff and you can actually refine it 10 times better than what you saw here, for sure. I'll put the BF6 meta build on the screen now anyway, so you guys can see. I got a few things to it. Still no suppressor. Dead game uninstalling. Guys, drop a like. Thank you. Appreciate your support. I'll see you next time.

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