[chuckfourth]

Hi DRG
Yes the .45 sure has some punch, of course it is a pistol round origionally, adopted after the 1900 phillipines campaign when the .38 was found to be too light to stop charging tribesman. But nothing is all bad, the 45 pays for its punch by exerting a lot of recoil and so makes the gun firing it harder to keep on target, especially on automatic. Anyway the point I would make is that the 'pathetic' little 9mm round produces a lot less recoil allowing the MP or ppsh to stay on target longer. So bottom line is that that MP40 or ppsh will put more rounds into the area of interest than the thompson or M3 and thus increase the chances of a hit. In the game I guess this could be used as justification to increase mp40, ppsh ect accuracy from 1 to 2? And of course being hit by a 9mm might not take a football sized chunk out of you but youll probably still want to report to sick bay anyway. This being the case Im not sure the .45 deserves the extra hit points.
Anyway apologies in advance for what you no doubt find an irritating post.
Best Regasrds Chuck.