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[Zombees]

Call me crazy, but if you were carrying a compact SMG in a firefight, would you really want to aim it? Or just point and spray? I thought that's what SMGs were designed for.

[Gunmaster45]

No, you never want to do that, only in movies does that work. Guns with full auto capabilities run out of ammo way faster than in movies (as in an MP5K's case, with a 30 round magazine, that sucker's empty in ~2 seconds). You want to make every round count and if you just "sprayed-and-prayed", you'd end up dead.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Zombees

Call me crazy, but if you were carrying a compact SMG in a firefight, would you really want to aim it? Or just point and spray? I thought that's what SMGs were designed for.

No, machine pistols (as opposed to full-size SMGs) were designed to be concealed and easily carried by body guards and aircraft crewmen. That they are almost always very difficult to control is a mostly unintended consequence of their size, but the designers don't sit down and think consciously, "OK, let's build a gun that is meant to be fired in 'spray-n-pray' mode."

[Zombees]

Originally Posted by MT2008

No, machine pistols (as opposed to full-size SMGs) were designed to be concealed and easily carried by body guards and aircraft crewmen. That they are almost always very difficult to control is a mostly unintended consequence of their size, but the designers don't sit down and think consciously, "OK, let's build a gun that is meant to be fired in 'spray-n-pray' mode."

Very good, I shut up now.