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pdoktar said:

They are pistol cartridges that are fired with much longer barrels from SMGs than pistols, giving more velocity and basic accuracy. Sometimes SMG cartridges were made specially for submachineguns, with more powerful powder, because that gave even more mv compared to regular pistols. Also SMG sight arrangement, even only because of the longer distance of the aft and front sights make them inherently more accurate that any pistol. When you are thinking of a weapon where it should not have range past the same hex it is located in the game considers this range 0hex=0meters. So 1hex range is actually max range of 50meters, like hand grenades, infantry flamethrowers, pistols etc.

Sounds nice in theory, but simply not true. The barrel of the 1911A1 .45ACP pistol Uncle Sammie used was 5 inches long. It gave a velocity of 800fps. The barrel on the Thompson Submachinegun was 10 inches long. It's velocity was around 920fps. Not enough to make a significant difference in bullet performance. Not even enough to make the bullet go supersonic. And that velocity dropped off VERY RAPIDLY the further away from the muzzle that heavy (230 grain) non-aerodynamic cartridge went. I know of special steel-cased .45ACP ammo used by Uncle Sam. But that was used in ALL .45ACP cartridges because brass was in short supply. It didn't travel any faster than normal brass ammo. There a limit to how much "oomph" you can boost a cartridge case to before you start destroying parts or getting ruptured case heads. Accuracy and subguns simply aren't compatible in WW2 designs. The MP40 used a crude non-adjustable V notch and blade front sight. The Lyman sight that came on the early Thompsons was dropped in favor of a crude plate with a peep hole and a blade front sight. It was cheaper to produce and just as effective as the Lyman sight. If you've never fired a full automatic weapon, it's hard to convey the way it jumps around in your hand. The l;ast version of the Thompson was the M1A1. It fired from an open bolt, much the same as the MP40. The weight os that massive bolt slamming forward every time it fired pretty much made sights more cosmetic than functional. It's pretty difficult to find historical pics of a Thompson gunner or a MP40 gunner using the sights to mshoot it. Both guns were usually fored from the hip in a point-shoot style of shooting. Many troops that used these guns got quite good at it. When you see the modern H&K subguns being used they almost ALWAYS use a stock and sights. Times and styles change
THANK YOU for the info about the 1 hex settings!!! That will help me a lot!!!

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