GUNS GUNS GUNS

Ok, after a long hiatus due to L85 being gone for a month, Christmas coming, and then New Years, along with Thanksgiving and just the general drivel, I've decided to revive the Twisted Claws a bit. We've never left, but have been a little dormant in the information gathering. This time I've decided to do thigns a tad different. I'm beginning a post on weapons, and I am hoping that all clan members will be able to put some input down. Basically, what I am looking for is the clan member's current favorite weapon, and for a brief synopsis on it and then we'll go to second favorite, and so on until all the weapons have been done. I'll start, and of course, for me it'll be the venerable PKM.

PKM (accuracy? what's that?)
Type: Machine gun
Kit: Support
Rounds per clip: 100
Clips per kit: 4
Firing rate: about 200 rounds per minute

This gun is the unlock for the support class kit, essentially it replaces the SAW, which I found to be pretty useless, in that it spits a lot of bullets, but does little damage, and overheats rather quickly.

PROS: The nice thing about the PKM is that it penetrates most walls
High damage per round
Loud, keeps enemies heads down
Effective at its job, which is to create covering fire
Accurate, unlike the SAW, I have actually dropped people at quite the distance
Decent KDR

CONS: Loud
Overheats very quickly, full on firing will allow only 40 rounds
Heavy, running tires fast
You could watch the Ten Commandment's director's cut in the time it takes to reload.
Seems to cut apart any friendly not bright enough to stay out of its path(this happens a lot)

Overall: I love this gun, it has its drawbacks, and I am finding the more I play the more I play other kits, but when i get frustrated, the PKM comes out, and it serves me well. For a guy who likes the spray and pray technique, this gun allows me to get down low, and keep the enemies either hiding or bunny hopping to make easier targets. It's great for getting guys to run for cover, hopefully allowing a friendly to huck a grenade right where they're headed. I'm too impatient to be a sniper, and this gun allows lots of kills and lots of bullets. I'd love for the opportunity to get deeper into teamwork to really make this weapon effective.


L85 Posted next, on his favorite gun. Here's what he wrote:

Heh, that's easy. My namesake - the L85. While I also like the Special Forces upgrade I use the L85 almost exclusively (medic kit). The original medic rifle is downright useless but the L85 is arguably the best upgrade you can get simply for this reason: playing the medic with the original gun is just not fun.

I too am a bit impatient to play the sniper kit but like to pick off guys before they get close enough to cause too much trouble. While I certainly haven't played all the upgrades I find the L85 the perfect compromise between the sniper rifle and assault. It's deadly accurate and the scope allows you to pick off guys from quite a distance - on occasion I have managed to beat snipers at their own game using the L85.

In addition it's a great close quarters assault rifle, although it doesn't pack the punch of standard assault rifles and certainly not the PKM, but more than adequate for the job. It's also got a smooth, steady fire rate, which means you still manage to retain at least a little accuracy when firing in full automatic mode. But I prefer to keep it on single shot, even though it has caused me to die a bit more than I like simply because it is deadly accurate in single shot mode.

A close second favorite of mine is the special forces upgrade, the G36C. It too is deadly accurate, but not at the distance of the L85, and handles quite nicely in full auto mode.

I too like the PKM, but I am not too useful with the supply kit. I just love to sit there and listen to its sound as I pound enemy locations with it. It is hands-down the best covering fire weapon in BF2.


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