lakinen wrote:
For russian assets in BF2 game like in this game.Dice works for EA.So american game "American weapons the best".Simple
1) When BF2 was released, DICE was it's own, Swedish company. It was acquired by EA only after it was clear that BF2 was massive success.
2) Russian infantry weapons are poorer because they have much looser mechanical engineering tolerances than Western weapons in general. Also certain parts utterly lack (or at least used to) anti-corrosion coating. Given little dampness in environment, AKM/AK74M would internally rust like nobody's business unless you seriously maintained'em (cleaned/oiled on regular basis, especially after shooting).
Reliability AK47, or more precisely AKM (which most of the "AK47's" actually are) became famous for, is mostly there because of those loose tolerances. Which of course hurts the accuracy. Precise-engineering and tolerance for grit (sand,blood,mud,water...) inside the weapon tend to be contradictions rarely seen IRL.
AKMs successor - AK74M is not even half that reliable, additionally it suffers under couple other issues:
- threads of a muzzle flash/recoil compensator deteriorate over time. When that detail is not firmly fixed, weapon's accuracy goes to hell. That degradation is guaranteed to happen over time, because for cleaning the weapon, you'd have to also unscrew the compensator.
- 5.45x39 round is sensitive to grass and even the smallest branches - deviating from course really fast.
- that round tends to penetrate, without häving much of a stopping power.
I don't even mention handguns like Makarov's pistol. Under-powered, crappy weight distribution in hand, weak round. Throwing it at enemy is often more efficient than shooting from it. Except for, it makes pretty good training weapon. Once you are proficient shooting from PM, majority of other pistols suddenly feel like "really easy"..
(had permit for AKM for years, as a draftee in army I lugged around AK74M)