Comments on: Riddling the Undead

By: Chicago Ted

Chicago Ted — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:48:37 +0000

What utter crap. There is no reason to believe that a good number of zombies won’t be able bodied and spriting after you. Even if you assume that these probably starving, brain-damaged cannibals can get by without any blood to keep their muscles alive (in a sense) and working, a broken leg is a leg that is broken. You cannot stand on a busted femur and .30 combloc will shatter bone. Even if it takes a headshot to kill it doesn’t take nearly as much to incap. If you’re facing a crowd go for waist-level rapid fire, even bump it from the hip. Missing spines and splintered hips will turn the track team into a pile of moaning cripples that can easily be sidestepped.

By: 3-15 INF

3-15 INF — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:52:40 +0000

Full auto is a moot point for the average guy who doesn’t own a class III weapon anyway. For the military or police, it’s a viable option. Not just for killing zeds but for fighting those who are still alive, have guns, and are very unruly. it’s been said before, full auto could be useful if a position gets undefendable and the squad needs firepower while on the move. 3-5 round bursts can be fired very accurately. A couple of SAWs can be sufficient to give a squad time to get where they’re going. Otherwise, aimed shots from distance on semi would be more appropriate. M240′s from pintle mounts on Humvees would give you the ability to fire on the move. I coulodn’t imagine you’d hit much from a rifle on semi while in a moving vehicle any farther than very short range.

By: Montyy

Montyy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:19 +0000

800m from the 7.62x39mm round? Plain and simple b/s, I cant stop laughing.. why do you think they call it and others like 5.56 an intermediate cartridge? Or the AK an ASSAULT rifle? Your army does alot of assaults at 800m eh rufo? LMAO.

By: KillerB

KillerB — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:27:33 +0000

Rufomagus you are wrong there is nothing NATO standard about the AK47 round. IT IS A 7.62x39mm ROUND. The NATO standard is the 7.62x51mm Round also can be called the .308 Winchester.
And what fucking world do you come from where an AK (in any variation) be called an 800 meter gun. 300 Meters YES but that is all that the round was designed to be at. Yes can you hit a man sized target past that with a 7.62×39 YES. The NATO standard 7.62×51 when used out of a Sniper platform of a medium machine gun is going to be effective well past 1000 meters. M240G max effective range on an area target is 1800+/- Meters. The 5.56×45 NATO round is effective on a man sized target out to 500meters +/-. And the heavy grain modern ammo is used for punching paper out to 1000 Yards. Many(including me) doubt the terminal effects of this round that far but if you can hit what you are aiming at then you stand a chance of dropping it. SO Rufomagus stop with the video game knowledge and keep your mouth shut…………..I guess it is true that you can not fix “STUPID”

By: KillerB

KillerB — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:38:33 +0000

Is full auto fire usless agains the living dead………YES. But what abou those pesky hords of the living that want your shit and will stop at nothing to get it? I would say that using full auto is a huge waste of ammo but what if you were on the move and were attacked by a group that had fire superiority? Being able to switch that firearm of yours to full auto to gain the upper hand would be a huge plus. At this point you are just wanting to get the hell out of Dodge so the spray and pray method will work just fine.
If the world was perfect I would not doubt pick an HK MP5K (Yes the little one) for most of my post Zed gun work. It is very light, the ammo is very light and perfectly suitable for poping zeds head and just the right size for close in work on those living folks that want my shit. It is not out of the question to be able to carry more than 300 rounds on you. Possibly even more. That is a lot of supression that can be layed out. The MP5K can be fired accuratly out past 50 yards on single fire. (We are talking head shooting here) Would I choose a light machine gun (M249SAW) or a medium machine gun (M240G) as my primary weapon…………HELL NO but I would not pass up the opportunity to pick up one. GUNS ARE TOOLS and nothing more. Having the ablity to lay accurate massed supressive fires down in a moments notice is an ablity that can not be overlooked.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:14:40 +0000

if you need more than 1 shot at a time you either cant shoot or your gun sucks!
not only does shooting full auto waste ammo, it causes your gun to over heat and
increases the chance of jamming. also it greatly decreases the accuracy of your gun
which once again wastes ammo. if we lived on the moon where everything weighs
a quarter of its earth weight full auto would be great because you could carry 100 mags
in a backpack and shoot for hours. personally i dont really like semi auto guns because
of reduced reliability and overheating. i’d take my .30-30 lever rifle over an AR15
any day.

By: Abraxas

Abraxas — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:46:05 +0000

As far as I know, the AK-47 is one of the few assault rifles with a suppressor, so thats not a bad idea, just keep it on semi auto. Also, if you really just want to demolish a horde, get a damn shotgun, or an IED. Come on, that should be common sense. you wouldn’t use either for straight zed kills and so you shouldn’t use burst-fire or full auto either.

By: sofa+pizza=happy

sofa+pizza=happy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:15:26 +0000

Full auto works well at surpressing zombies, simply go down a nd spread as many clips as you can through the legs of the zombies. Because lets face it it hard to work without feet. The zombies can’t follow you except by dragging them selves foward.

By: Dr Who

Dr Who — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:06:13 +0000

Back when I manned the Pig (M-60) in my squad. I was the only one in my unit who scored expert on the damn thing (lug one in the field and you’ll know why I said that) by TAPPING the trigger and firing a round or two off at a time. It took practice, but that’s how I scored so high. I can see only one time that rocking and rolling on auto would be usefull and that is if you screwed the pooch before and are now facing a horde with nowhere to go but through them. Aim low take their legs out and RUN. But at that point you are probably dead already. HMG’s are only good for fighting hordes of zeds, so IF found should be mounted on vehicles for scavenging missions. Keep yourself a 22 pistol and rifle (Wonderful post Maingun!) but keep yourself an assault rifle for backup. Use the 22′s whenever possible and only bringout the assault rifle for when it gets bad or for the range. As for what one to go with I would want the AK or a clone. Get one WITH the wood stock. Makes an effective club if the going gets REALLY rough. You can only do that once with an AR-15, but do it all day with the AK and still fire it afterwards.

By: Fullcircle

Fullcircle — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:10:59 +0000

I completely agree with the statement that Full-auto is next to useless in most situation. However, I’d personally love to have a weapon that was capable of fully automatic fire, as long as it was changeable to semi-automatic. a 30-round clip in an assault rifle set to semi-automatic would be a dream.
Except for the fact that I’ve never so much as seen an Ak/m4/SCAR/FAMAS in person.

So, in picking a weapon, probably I’d have to
agree with Maingun on a .22 rifle.
No, it’s not capable of fully automatic fire.
But do I need it? No.