Cold War 2020 mod: first release!

[Jan]

the following is only about real life since i'm not seasonned enough to talk about in game effects of bullpup vs traditionnal design.

the bullpups main advantage is their compactness, very appreciable in the everyday life (mostly in vehicles) but also is some specific combat situation like FIBUA (Fight in Builded Up Area) and CQB (Close Quarter Battle).

In such situation the maniability and bulkiness, are important parameters and can give you an appreciable advantage. Note that i'm not saying that it can give you a hughe adavnatage like a corner shot weapon could give you but it make your life more confortable, at least not more harder.

For exemple, you can focus on another thing than the length of your weapon (in close combat situation and certainly in FIBUA, we are wroking systematically with the bayonet fitted) wich won't make you easier to spot by the ennemy.


Now about pure precision shooting, i would tend to say that traditionnal rifles are better suited for shoot over 300m since they are more well balanced.

One thing to know about sighting devices like on the Steyr Aug 77 and on the L-85 is that they make your job a bit easier in open field but are a real handicap in close combat (because of their "tunnel effect" on your SA) and make shooting on transversal mobile target (an ennemy that is running at 200m from your left to your right for exemple) harder than with iron sights.

Now, all in all, i'm convinced that a trained soldier with a specific weapon system won't be less effective than another trained with another weapon system ( given that the caliber is teh same for both) becaus ethey coth know how to exploit the advantage and how to manage the weakness of their tools.

cheers,

Jan