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[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.