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haha that is true , how do you find the MG36 against choppers and other stuff ?

personally i would choose the MG36, but then again i really dont like the support class. all the weapons are highly in-accurate.

would have thought that they would be more accurate like what u see in movies when the guy with the big gun kicks mega butt

In R/L they would be far more accurate than any of the assualt rifles - but also far heavier and bulkier, so DICE clearly chose balance over realism

haha, yeh MGs are designed for 'spray' fire, not accuracy. An assault rifle is far more accurate then an MG. The purpose of an MG is to lay down suppression fire, putting a wall of lead between the enemy troops and ur own boys, not for picking off guys accurately, thats wot sniper rifles are for .

the MG36 "IS" in theory just a longer barrelled G36 and therefore has similar accuracy, fired prone with a bipod it would be far more accurate than an equivalent Assualt rifle

Silverwolf wrote:

haha, yeh MGs are designed for 'spray' fire, not accuracy. An assault rifle is far more accurate then an MG. The purpose of an MG is to lay down suppression fire, putting a wall of lead between the enemy troops and ur own boys, not for picking off guys accurately, thats wot sniper rifles are for .

taking the words right out of my mouth!
suppression fire - i didnt remembered the word - this was also a point i wanted to write...
in geman its called way different...    like:    keeping (the enemy) down   (if you would translate it word to word)

Yep, I don't pretend to be an expert, but common sense tells you that if two guns which are virtually identical except the length of barrel, then the longer one will be more accurate

MG36 is more accurate, but if I am in a hallway, and there si a row of bad guys, the PKM will cut through them like a laser. The MG36 uses smaller rounds I believe (5mm), whereas the PKM uses NATO std. (7mm). I think this is correct, but not 100% sure.

Also, the theory sounds good, but in bf2 is crap. barrel length doesn't help the MG become any more accurate than it's sister weapons.

PKM all the way, the mg36 takes too many hits to drop people. But make sure you never use it unless your prone. If your prone and the enemys within nade distance nothing beats the PKM.

I see it that the LMGs are mainly used for covering fire or suppression fire in real life.
This doesn't work in BF2, since it is a game.
In real life you would bolt for cover and keep your head down, since you wouldn't want to risk being hit by one of the many bullets coming your way. In real life one bullet is enough to take you out of combat (either killing you or incapacitating you or at least sincerly reduce your combat efficiency)
Your instincts for self preservation take over when someone lets go with an LMG, that is natural.

In BF2 you play a "toon" or "avatar" or whatever you would like to call it. No harm done if you get hit and actually "die". You will be back in the action 15 seconds later. There is no need for the instincts to kick in and make you go for a safe spot. One bullet from it reduces your health bar a bit. Two hits reduce it more. But you are still able to aim for the gunner and take him out with the more accurate assault rifle.

My impression is that the lesser accuracy in real life is compensated by the psychological effect of an LMG firing in your general direction.
In game the LMGs should be far more accurate, since that would give a certain psychological effect again. Many bullets coming my way + LMG is accurate = "GO FOR A SAFE SPOT" or "Die in a hail of bullets"
So accurate LMGs would be a suppressing weapon in BF2 as well (imo).

I for my part know, that I would run for cover in real life when facing incoming LMG fire, but in BF2 I just start looking for the gunner with the LMGs as they are.

See ya,
vonSteuben