I found some weapon damage charts and figured some people here would find them useful.   They are very detailed! 
edit:  Weapon damage (not including snipers and vehicles) was increased by 25%.  I heard only the console versions were updated, while the PC version has not been yet.
 

 
and for pistols, shotguns, and other weapons: 

 


 
  http://www.joinaclan.com/?p=356

Charts and datas from Denkirson are always great. He did those for the COD series.

Just be aware that the M60 fires terribly slow, and has the worst iron sights in the world.
 
As a 50k+ medic, I use the 88.

" Just be aware that the M60 fires terribly slow, and has the worst iron sights in the world.  As a 50k+ medic, I use the 88. "

AN-94 then.

what do the shotgun damage multipliers mean

" what do the shotgun damage multipliers mean "

Very handy, thanks man. Now I know what guns I can look forward to. I'll get an F2000 within one match, and the lack of losing damage over a good range looks interesting. Low damage overall though, but I kinda prefer precision in BC2, It think.

"The current damage numbers are that of the Beta/Demo."

"Tested a slightly higher damage model in an internal MP test yesterday. Worked out nicely A couple more tests and it will go live for retail"

"So the test was to increase AR SMG LMG Pistol and SemiAuto rifles/slugs by 25% vs the torso. Splash vehicles and snipe dmg stay the same."

"For the record 25% is 1 bullet for most guns, depending on the rof. Slow firing guns get less benefit, just due to the maths." 

" @sandwich_adjustment: Yep. Can't remember who tweeted this, but here's some quotes from one of the developers:    

"Tested a slightly higher damage model in an internal MP test yesterday. Worked out nicely A couple more tests and it will go live for retail"

"So the test was to increase AR SMG LMG Pistol and SemiAuto rifles/slugs by 25% vs the torso. Splash vehicles and snipe dmg stay the same."

"For the record 25% is 1 bullet for most guns, depending on the rof. Slow firing guns get less benefit, just due to the maths." 

"

Thats awesome

@DOUBLESHOCK:

Wow that is quite in depth. Much more telling than the in game specs. 
 

Awesome stuff. Bookmarking this for when i buy this game tomorrow!

Statistically, the M249 is better than the T88 in every way, but I am having much better luck with the T88.  Hmmmmm, maybe I have just gotten better since I unlocked it. 

I noticed the PP2000 (engineer) and the XM8 LMG (Medic) both have skull icons in the game summary screen showing your progress in unlocking the weapon instead of the gun's icon

Thanks for this, great stuff.

I just choose weapons that feel good, not ones that have good stats

can somebody who saved it upload the image to imageshack.us or something? The original's bandwith has been exceeded.

Good stuff, thanks for posting.

An issue I have with this game is that many of the unlocks are clearly inferior to the starting weapons, and shouldn't be used. For example, every sniper rifle up until the M95. Statwise, the M24 is clearly the superior sniper rifle out of all the unlocks except the M95, unless you really, really need semi-auto. I just unlocked the magnum, and it's basically an M24 with slightly less damage and less of a fire cone when moving, still no reason not to use the M24 all the way up to the last unlock and get that 5000 point award.

Wait- so according to this chart, SMGs are stronger/just as strong as ARs? Really?

" Wait- so according to this chart, SMGs are stronger/just as strong as ARs? Really? "

falling in love with medic + shotgun

I wonder why bullets get weaker when they travel farther.

"An issue I have with this game is that many of the unlocks are clearly inferior to the starting weapons, and shouldn't be used. For example, every sniper rifle up until the M95. Statwise, the M24 is clearly the superior sniper rifle out of all the unlocks except the M95, unless you really, really need semi-auto. I just unlocked the magnum, and it's basically an M24 with slightly less damage and less of a fire cone when moving, still no reason not to use the M24 all the way up to the last unlock and get that 5000 point award. "

WOW!  Those charts don't necessarily seem to reflect what I've seen in the game myself, but it's nice to see them. 
 
Personally, I'm not digging any of the LMGs so far.  They just don't kill the way I need them to kill.  I've only used the M60 a couple of times, and so far, the SAW seems to be the one I like the most.  That's why I'm pretty sure I'm going to start using the M14 whenever I get that unlocked on my Medic kits. 
 
Meanwhile, a lot of people have been saying that the T88 and VSS are useless on the Recon kit, but I think people are forgetting that Recon does not equal "sniper".  The T88 and VSS with a Red Dot...at close quarters...have proven to be VERY effective for me, and it always seems to get my inbox filled with messages of "you cheap muthafucker".  I don't see how using a rifle with a Red Dot is cheap, but hey...it's getting me my kills nonetheless.  Therefore, remember that if you are trying to be a bit more mobile as the Recon class, using a Red Dot on either of those guns is highly efficient.

The stats in game lied! They said the AKS-74 and the UMP have the same damage!

"Therefore, remember that if you are trying to be a bit more mobile as the Recon class, using a Red Dot on either of those guns is highly efficient. "

I've updated the topic with some new charts.  The damage has increased since the beta/demo. 

"I've updated the topic with some new charts.  The damage has increased since the beta/demo.  "

@Azrail

" @jmrwacko: im sorry sir but u r not correct for sniper the gol is just as good b/c with the higher acc u will be able to get more hits, its preference all the pistols also work fine its just preference "

" Just be aware that the M60 fires terribly slow, and has the worst iron sights in the world. "

updated with charts for vehicles and kits.

question, im dumb, what determines or how do you pick normal,magnum,armor? Unlocked at a certain level? im 10 right now

I've been using the GOL, and apparently according to some sources I've heard, the GOL has less bullet drop and more muzzle velocity than the other snipers. Not sure if this is true or not. I think the sniper with this best sights is definitely the SV98, because you get those nice bullet drop markers along the bottom half of the scope.

" question, im dumb, what determines or how do you pick normal,magnum,armor? Unlocked at a certain level? im 10 right now "