Carbines and machineguns

[dawdler]

BrokenArrow']yeah they are actually quite accurate, not to mention being alot more powerful.

Accurate compared to what? An M4 (or any other weapon) user can still just dive and single shot twice to kill you, even when you had the advantage.

The machinegun should a VERY powerfull infantry weapon when proned and properly set up (similar to how a sniper rifle should work). You should have near direct accuracy to control the enemy, with minimal recoil. Now it just slips and bounce around while spraying bullets all over the place.

Or maybe I'm not thinking realistically enough...

[Mad Max]

Have you noticed the only MG's that seem to hit anything are the mounted ones? Even though they have no less visible recoil than the ones in your hands. It's annoying no end! These things are designed to be accurate even in full auto (to an extent) in the hands of infantry who will be highly mobile and need to engage nice and fast. MG's in reality are an infantry mans worse nightmare (well, against other infantry). A good example is in Operation Flashpoint when you come up against an AI gunner who keeps you down or mows you and your men down from quite a distance away, forcing you to take a detour most of the time. That's how it should be in PR.

[Poofyfinger]

forgotten hope mod had a pretty good system for the mgs as well, not as good as dod's though. fh has no bipod deploy, but when u stand and shoot the recoil was very bad, crouching a little better, and prone alot better. still even when prone u have to fire in bursts or else the mg recoils ans spreads too much, and u cant hit ur target.

Remember, you're comparing (a) WWII mod(s) to a modern minimod but I do see your point.