Talk:Equipment/Proposed/Machine-Gun

Now, lets get the discussion going. What would fit the game best? To make it a Light Machinegun may not be the best of ideas, because honestly, it'd be nothing more than a faster ROF assault rifle. Sure, they would be some range and TU tweaks, to be sure to differentiate between an Assault Rifle and a LMG, but the game may be better served by having either a General Purpose Machine Gun or Heavy Machinegun. A heavy machinegun would be firing a round either on par with the sniper rifle, or better, depending on what theoretical caliber the sniper rifle uses. The last concept would be a general purpose machine gun, which would be firing a round comparable or less than the sniper rifle, again depending on the caliber. KingMob 23:55, 7 September 2006 (CEST)

Yes, I thing SAW (squad assault weapon) is needed. Burst accuracy is small, but have big impact if hit enemy (one MG bullet can have same effect as 2 or 3 bullets from AR and MG bullet have always higher penetration ratio than bullet from AG at the same caliber). And MG and round for SR are commongly same (e.q. M2-HB (12,7mm) and Barret sniper rifle (M-82?) using same round, same for Dragunov and RPK).

Actually, a SAW is almost always using an assault rifle round like the 5.56 Nato or 5.45 Warsaw round. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squad_automatic_weapon Additionally, the Dragunov uses the 7.62x54mm (rimmed) round not the .50 BMG round. And the RKP uses the 7.62 x 39 mm Warsaw round. That's why I would suggest a General Purprose Machinegun, something firing an equivilency of the heavier 7.62x51mm Nato round. KingMob 06:30, 12 September 2006 (CEST)

--Sirg 17:05, 28 September 2006 (CEST): I understand that no real-world weapons are accepted. However, ... just this time I would mention the Browning M2 .50 cal machinegun, used from the first war until present day. It's very heavy to be used in a standing position, usually it's mounted on aircraft or vechicles, but it can be used like suggested, in a kneel down position. My opinion is that such a weapon - a SAW - is bulky and useless in close combat situation, like most of the UFO-AI missions, but it's cool to fire burst of .50 cal rounds! As a compromise I would suggest reviving the good ol` auto-cannon as a versatile chaingun.

OK, since there is a LMG already now, how about a HMG? A support weapon which has to be deployed first, as the OP said firing large-claibre SR ammunition but in bursts. --Takai 18:55, 23 December 2007 (CET)