The nitpicky weapon inaccuracies thread!

[qwejibo]

Some of these have been noted before by others, but I thought I would put all the stuff I've noticed in one thread.

Disclaimer: I used the word "nitpicky" in the title for a reason.

1. Bolt-action rifles
a) For all rifles - when firing, the bolt moves forward like it should - however, it will pop back out by itself if you switch view(IS on/off).

b) K98k - stripper clip reload method used is the same as for the Mosin - apparently: the cartridges should just be pushed straight down with the thumb(hence the cutout in the side of the wood) - pulling up the top round like in the animation would not be possible due to the different type of cartridge(unrimmed)?

c) Mosin - 2 cartidges are simultaneously extracted at the start of the reload animation.

d) Sniper rifles - fire, bolt - now there are 4 rounds in the rifle. Reload - the reload animation extracts one round, then inserts one round - so there should still only be 4 rounds in the rifle. There will be 5 rounds loaded, though. The reload animation is only logical if you have fired all 5 rounds before reloading.


2. Semi-auto rifles
a) I believe the SVT-40 & G43 both held the bolt open after the last round was fired, facilitating an easier reload by.....

b) Stripper clips! Soldiers were only issued 1 or 2 magazines with these rifles, so they usually used 2 x 5-round stripper clips to reload them from the top.


3. Automatics(and AT rifle)
a) StG44 - If you held the real thing by the barrel like in RO, you hand would get rather hot/burnt - soldiers commonly held them at the front of the magazine(like the MP40 grip, but with the thumb up).

b) PPD/PPSh - Was it common to grip these weapons by the drum mag? I would have though a more conventional grip would be more stable for firing...?

c) Incorrect 3rd person grip on MG34/42, and PTRD. The left hand should be holding the lower side of the stock, to keep it firmly against the shoulder. If you held a real PTRD on top like that you would get a nice hot 14.5mm casing trying to pop out into your hand after firing.

[trillex]

Wanna add to this that when you reload guns without stripper or magazines (sniper rifles), the rounds just simply disappear when he inserts it.

[Velcro Warrior]

the stg44 did have a forgrip on it actually.

And as far as the ppsh and ppd, I think it was soldier preference, because I've seen it held both ways. I personally would think that holding it by the magazine would provide a steadier shot, since you're supporting more weight of the nose of the weapon.

[qwejibo]

Yeah but the foregrip was metal and so it got pretty hot after some firing.

[Klumduck]

The thing I've noticed is that when you sling the MP40 on your back to use a 'nade or something, the skeleton stock sticks up behind your head instead of being folded. Looks a bit daft.

Some other slight inaccauracies:
1.No bayonet on Gewehr-41
2.No bayonet on Strumgewehr-44

The StGw 44 features a 30-round curved magazine and could be fitted with all known accessories: it could use bayonets or silencers as well as the Schiessbecher rifle grenade device or the ZF 4 scope. The regular sights can be adjusted from 100m to 800m range.

Both the the G 41 (M) and the G 41 (W) could be fixed with bayonets, early models often were fitted with the small 1.5x scopes, late G 41 (W) mounted the 4x scopes