User blog comment:Conqueror of all Zombies/What would you like to see in Battlefield 3?/@comment-70.24.88.133-20110411002233/@comment-1990578-20110411052854

IRL, the weapon system looks awesome and was a great concept with the interchangeability and (IIRC) AK-like sturdiness. The things performed a hell of a lot better than the AR-15 family currently in use, too. I was sad to see the US Army cancel the program.

In game, the AR version doesn't perform that bad. It has the same damage as the M416 and the AN-94, and as the AUG up close. It also fires a little faster than the others, especially the AN-94, allowing it to have a better chance in close range. I'll agree that the recoil makes it outclassed by other weapons, but its open sights certainly aren't that bad for spotting and seeing targets while zoomed, making it a nice early-on weapon to unlock.

The LMG however, is sadly outperformed by the MG36 in every way, which questions me as to why DICE kept it in. As a side note, I don't like how the MG36's scope appears. It feels like it zooms out rather than in...

And the carbine is outperformed by the SCAR-L and UMP-45 in pretty much all ways, which also makes no sense as to its inclusion. I guess for this and the LMG, DICE just figured they should have the full set. They forgot the sniper version though, but it's more of a DMR than a true sniper since the whole system uses the 5.56.