Any word on when suppressors will work?

[infiltrator 275]

.. And, will they require subsonic ammo?

[Crooked Hauser 258]

They don't work? I just stuck one on a .45 but didn't bother firing it.

And damn anyone who says I have it so I can PVP. I obviously want to be able to shoot zombies and not have them horde stomp me.

Edited February 14, 2014 by Crooked Hauser

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

I want to say they already work. You only hear the shot on your client? But, I really dont' know for sure.

 

I've been shot by a guy and heard nothing except the bullets landing around me. When he walked up and finished me off I saw a suppressed m4. But, I've also had a suppressor for the m4 and pistol and both still make noise when I've fired, and zombies still react.

Edited February 14, 2014 by bad_mojo

[oregonized 673]

I want to say they already work. You only hear the shot on your client? But, I really dont' know for sure.

 

I've been shot by a guy and heard nothing except the bullets landing around me. When he walked up and finished me off I saw a suppressed m4. But, I've also had a suppressor for the m4 and pistol and both still make noise when I've fired, and zombies still react.

They are definitely broken and if you didn't hear the shots before it might have been bugged or lag that caused you to not hear the shots.

[crazykage 1063]

From my understanding, they do NOT work atm. I think its less that they are broken, and more that they just haven't had any functionality put in yet. Either way, they are just swag items.

As far as subsonic ammunition goes, that would NOT be required for them to suppress the shots. Suppression doesn't mean silenced. It would just make the shots less loud, which is a benefit.

 

To get SILENCED you would need subsonic ammunition. Which in the case of the M4 is nearly useless. There is a reason why the us military, which uses M4/M16/etc weapons as standard issue GI weapons that fire the 5.56 nato cartridge, don't include silencers. To silence the shot, subsonic ammunition would be needed. But making the 5.56 subsonic changes its ballistics such that it makes the round pointless. It becomes about as effective as a .22. And while that can still kill, it lacks the stopping power, the raw ability to wound you so much so quickly that you DROP. I have heard stories where people are shot in the head at near point blank range by 22. bullets multiple times and survive.

 

TL/DR, you can suppress the M4, but to make it silent you would essentially be shooting a 22., which has almost no stopping power.

 

EDIT: forgot to mention, that silencers/suppresors will muffle the report of the weapon, but do nothing to silence the supersonic crack of the round, which is WHY subsonic ammunition is necessary for those "stealthy ghost kills".

Edited February 14, 2014 by Crazykage

[napalmdog 71]

I hope they sort the zombies out before the silencers...

[CaptainJupe 9]

From my understanding, they do NOT work atm. I think its less that they are broken, and more that they just haven't had any functionality put in yet. Either way, they are just swag items.

As far as subsonic ammunition goes, that would NOT be required for them to suppress the shots. Suppression doesn't mean silenced. It would just make the shots less loud, which is a benefit.

To get SILENCED you would need subsonic ammunition. Which in the case of the M4 is nearly useless. There is a reason why the us military, which uses M4/M16/etc weapons as standard issue GI weapons that fire the 5.56 nato cartridge, don't include silencers. To silence the shot, subsonic ammunition would be needed. But making the 5.56 subsonic changes its ballistics such that it makes the round pointless. It becomes about as effective as a .22. And while that can still kill, it lacks the stopping power, the raw ability to wound you so much so quickly that you DROP. I have heard stories where people are shot in the head at near point blank range by 22. bullets multiple times and survive.

TL/DR, you can suppress the M4, but to make it silent you would essentially be shooting a 22., which has almost no stopping power.

EDIT: forgot to mention, that silencers/suppresors will muffle the report of the weapon, but do nothing to silence the supersonic crack of the round, which is WHY subsonic ammunition is necessary for those "stealthy ghost kills".

Actually .22 used to be the round of choice for shooting someone in the head. The mob used it a lot because it had enough velocity to enter the back of the skull and not exit. It would deflect off the front of the skull "where bone is thickest" and travel around inside the brain. Professional hitmen use it more then any other round because its quiet and wont leave an exit wound. No bullet is the same or will have the same characteristic. A friend of mine was shot in the chest with a .22 in elementary school. Just lodged in his sternum.