diff --git a/code/modules/cargo/blackmarket/blackmarket_items/weapons.dm b/code/modules/cargo/blackmarket/blackmarket_items/weapons.dm
index 096edd5707f9..6eae1c1a1484 100644
--- a/code/modules/cargo/blackmarket/blackmarket_items/weapons.dm
+++ b/code/modules/cargo/blackmarket/blackmarket_items/weapons.dm
@@ -425,3 +425,14 @@
 	stock_min = 1
 	stock_max = 5
 	availability_prob = 10
+
+/datum/blackmarket_item/weapon/skm_lmg
+	name = "SKM-24u Light Machinegun"
+	desc = "Your regular rifles not have enough oomph for you? This SKM-24 was converted with help from a 'liberated' CM-40 parts shipment into a light machinegun, ready to blow away whatever you point it at. Increased firerate makes it buck like a mule, so keep that bipod on the ground. Drums sold separately!"
+	item = /obj/item/gun/ballistic/automatic/hmg/skm_lmg
+
+	price_min = 5000
+	price_max = 7000
+	stock_max = 2
+	availability_prob = 15
+	spawn_weighting = FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/hmg.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/hmg.dm
index a55a26063f5f..1c318164ee76 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/hmg.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/ballistic/hmg.dm
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@
 	else
 		retract_bipod(user=user)
 
+/obj/item/gun/ballistic/automatic/hmg/calculate_recoil(mob/user, recoil_bonus = 0)
+	var/total_recoil = recoil_bonus
+
+	if(bipod_deployed)
+		total_recoil += deploy_recoil_bonus
+
+	return ..(user, total_recoil)
+
+/obj/item/gun/ballistic/automatic/hmg/calculate_spread(mob/user, bonus_spread)
+	var/total_spread = bonus_spread
+
+	if(bipod_deployed)
+		total_spread += deploy_spread_bonus
+
+	return ..(user, total_spread)
+
 /obj/item/gun/ballistic/automatic/hmg/proc/deploy_bipod(mob/user)
 	//we check if we can actually deploy the thing
 	var/can_deploy = TRUE