AS Val



TheAS Val (Russian: Автомат Специальный Вал, Special Automatic Rifle "Shaft"), is a Soviet made assault rifle with an integrated suppressor. Developed during the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash (Central Institute for Precision Building) it was later adopted in 1987 by the KGB and Soviet Army and later the Spetsnaz, FSB, MVD and parts of the Russian Ground Forces. Variants including the VSS Vintorez are also produced.

Battlefield Play4Free
"This Russian designed assault rifle with an integrated suppressor firing similar round to the VSS Vintorez at 1800 rounds per minute. However due to the compact size, rate of fire, light weight and range limits HQ has decided to ship this weapon out to Engineers. Also the heavy round it fires travels too slow to be put to good effect as a long range weapon, yet excels in close quarters combat."

- Battlefield Play4Free AS-Val announcement

The AS-Val is a compact assault rifle in Battlefield Play4Free available for the Engineer class. It costs 12499 Funds to buy it forever, but if the player has reached rank 21, it will cost only 2499 funds forever. In game, it boasts a fair amount of ammo, decent range, good damage and a very fast firing rate. This weapon excels at close range combat thanks to its extreme rate of fire and controllability even when fired from the hip. Even as the damage starts to drop off drastically at longer ranges, the AS Val can still prove to be a huge threat due to its rate of fire and accuracy. Aside from the damage drop off, the only other major downside to this weapon is rate of which the ammunition is expelled.

Battlefield 3
"The AS VAL is an integrally suppressed Soviet designed Assault Rifle developed for use in the Spetsnaz. Chambered for a special high performance armor piercing 9x39mm round, the AS VAL includes mounts for using optical, red dot or even night vision scopes. The VAL is designed to be fired only with the suppressor attached, and therefore prevents the rifle from mounting underslung attachments."

The AS Val was listed on the four page fact sheet released by EA at Gamescom 2011. It has an integrated suppressor.

Singleplayer
The AS Val with a Kobra attached is one of the starting weapons in Comrades along with the AKS-74u. One of the GRU characters, Kiril, also uses this weapon throughout the single player campaign.

Multiplayer
The AS Val is unlocked at Rank 45 as part of the all-kit weapons. It is classified as a PDW even though it is technically a compact assault rifle. The AS Val has very high recoil despite a low first shot multiplier, the high fire rate not helping controllability. The lack of first shot recoil, high long range damage, high fire rate, and very good horizontal recoil characteristics make the AS VAL the most powerful long range PDW. It is competitive with assault rifles due to its very high damage output at range, and up close the high fire rate offsets the low damage, potentially allowing kill times comparable to average assault rifles and PDWs like the P90.

It's worth noting that as the initial recoil multiplier of the AS Val is an unusual 0.5x, it can be especially advantageous for the AS Val to be fired semi-automatically at longer ranges, as it literally cuts the recoil in half. The weapon's very slow muzzle velocity becomes its ultimate shortcoming at range despite having the highest long range damage of all the PDW's.

Despite being a suppressed assault rifle, the AS Val maintains a high degree of semi-automatic accuracy and a very flat trajectory but since the June 2012 patch, its full automatic accuracy was greatly diminished to remark its use in CQB and medium ranges over long distances and is a good choice for an all-purpose weapon in the PDW section. The AS Val can accept a wide range of optics and the Tactical Flashlight and Laser Sight accessories can be used. A patch later implemented the Extended Mags as an attachment.

Battlefield 4
The AS VAL is a weapon featured in the Battlefield 4: Second Assault expansion. It was first seen in the expansion's teaser trailer. It is unlocked after completing the Second Assualt dlc assignment Co-Pilot by spending 10 minutes in a helocopter and getting 10 squad repair bonuses. You do not need to play a DLC map to attain this weapon.

Trivia

 * The AS VAL has more unlocks than any of the other PDW's in Battlefield 3. While the rest of the PDW's have up to 12 unlocks, the AS Val now (after the 1.04 Patch) has 14 unlocks, due to the Sniper scopes (7x and 6). It also makes the AS VAL the only PDW that is able to equip high magnification scopes.
 * In Battlefield 3, combined with the M145, the AS Val triggers a glitch where, when aimed and then unaimed after, the weapon does not move back to its hipfire position but stays where it is as if you are in Bipod's ADS until after sprinting, switching weapons, or entering/exiting a vehicle.
 * In Battlefield 3, the AS VAL has the least spread of any weapon, tied with the bolt-action sniper rifles, but the recoil on full-auto prevents it from being perfectly accurate with multiple shots in full-auto.
 * In Battlefield 3, the AS VAL unlocks the PSO-1 after 10 kills, this is to replicate the fact that it is an assault rifle and which assault rifles in Battlefield 3 unlock the 4x scope after 10 kills.
 * This weapon shares its bolt pulling animation with the AK-74M, AKS-74U, SVD, M39 EMR, PP-19, QBU-88, and SKS
 * Despite being categorized as a PDW by the game, the AS VAL is arguably the weapon in Battlefield 3 that deviates the most from the norms of its category. Contrary to other PDW's, the AS VAL has an average hip fire accuracy, unusually high long range damage for it's class, a recoil pattern significantly more vertical than horizontal, and a pinpoint aimed accuracy.
 * The AS VAL is the only gun in Battlefield 3 where the first shot recoil is actually lower than the following shots on fully automatic (AN-94's 2-round burst notwithstanding).
 * The AS VAL in Battlefield 4 has the lowest amount of attatchments for any weapon as it only has 11 attatchments (Reflex (1x), Holographic Sight (1x) M145, ACOG, Canted Ironsights,Flash Light, Laser Sight, Ergo Grip, Angled Grip and Stubby Grip).It does not have any barrel attatchments because it s fitted with a suppressor by default.