It seemed that there was no chance of any new guns in the Stimulus Package, coming to MW2 Xbox players on March 30th, after all the extensive coverage of the maps. No official mention has been made of guns or camo being added in the DLC. However, there has never been any denial of new guns – the question has never really been answered.
The rumour is back with a bang now after a brand new trailer for one of the new maps, Storm, featured what appeared to be the reload sound for an M40A3. At the time of writing, the video had been set to private on the original Machinima channel, but someone has reuploaded the trailer. Listen carefully at about 0:11, and the trademark CoD4 bolt-action reload sound can clearly be heard.
Teaser, or simply a mistake? Perhaps that is why the video was made private after its publication – the sound may indeed have just been an error. Indeed, Hutch, the popular YouTube commentator turned Machinima employee stated on his Twitter not to pay too much attention. It would be worth paying him some attention as well, since he interviewed Robert Bowling, IW Creative Strategist, earlier today:
Lol, I wouldn’t put too much stock in any M40 sound you guys might have heard on that trailer…