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some weapons replaced by soviet couterparts

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This being Russia, I would make the following changes:

Replace the M240 with the PKM

Replace the SAW with the RPK.

Replace the PDW with the Sa-61 Scorpion

Replace the M16A2 M203 with the AK-74 GP-25

Replace the M136 with the RPG-7V

I am not making any recommendation to change the ammo spawn percentage at this time. But I can forese having to increase the Sa-61 ammo spawn as it shouln't be able to use MP5/M9/G-17 mags.

I realize that others recognize this fact in other posts but the threads I read wanted just to add them in. I think the balance of military rifles is pretty good as is and with the addition of two or more rifles/machine guns may diminish the joy of finding one. I am not against the idea to add in one more, though, as long as it comes of the the trash spawn percentage. I hate trash.

For more info on these weapons refer to:

http://www.arma2.com/arma-2-co-weaponry/index_en.html

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+1

this would make it more realistic and calm the gun-nuts who are perplexed by a slew of American/Nato weaponry showing up in a former Soviet state

also switch the Enfield with the Mosin-Nagant those things practically grow on trees

not sure about this one, maybe switch the 1911 with the tokarev?

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I wouldn't say "replace", but I would say "supplement". And bump up the spawning of the SVD.

I don't know where Chernarus is in relation to the real world, but if it's south of Russia, then Enfield makes sense. After all, the Great Game of the late 1800s and Early 1900s, the slew of Anglo-Afghan Wars, and the presumed proximity to British India and Pakistan would explain the Lee Enfield's prescence. Surprisingly, the majority of Afghan fighters in the Soviet-Afghan War used Lee Enfields in the early stages of the war. Just because that was what was within reach.

As for the 1911, you'll recall the United States sold millions of the things to the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as part of the Lend-Lease Act. Afterwards, the Soviets were ashamed of having American weapons in their arsenal, so they were either packed away in warehouses or sold to client states. That explains that. My only protest against a Tokarev would be the subsequent addition of a new ammo type, 7.62x25mm. That's my biggest pet peeve in games like Day Z, Fallout, etc etc...ammo that only fits in one gun. In my opinion, there should be at least two. If you were willing to stick a PPSH, or a version of the Bizon that fires it (they exist), then I'd be okay with it.

The Mosin-Nagant would fire PKM/SVD rounds, so I'm okay with this. Keep the Enfield (maybe incorporate another .303 weapon just to please me), but make the Mosin different. That would justify its existence. It already has five rounds less capacity and uses a different ammo, but maybe make functional volley sights or a bayonet.

Perhaps throw in the Nagant revolver instead of the Colt revolver. They're still in use in remote parts of Russia and on the railroad security forces, and I imagine that would be the same in Chernarus.

As for the Skorpion, you could make it a vz. 68 or a vz. 82, which use 9x19 and 9x18, respectively. Preferably the Makarov ammo, so the Makarov rounds we always find aren't always useless.

Another thing, I think we could use both the RPG7 and the RPG18. RPG18 is a lot like the Western M72 Light Antiarmor Weapon, which in turn is somewhat like the modern M136. RPG-18 is self-contained one shot, whereas RPG-7 would fill your backpack slot, and then each grenade would fill up a lot of your inventory, but you could have an assistant gunner like real world armies.

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I agree. I say why take a gun out if you already did all the work to put it in? They could stay, but we do need Soviet weapons. It's a bit silly to see exclusively Cyrillic street signs on the road and exclusively Anglo-American weapons in your buddies' hands.

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Why not just add more instead of switching those that are already in?

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