Is this ammunition actually subsonic/quieter in game? If it is, would the suppressor even be needed? A 3 slot mp7 is a lot easier to stash away than a 4 slot one.
I loaded up an offline game and the subsonic sounded the same so the AP round both with and without a suppressor on the weapon. Was this just a sound bug on my end and the other players in game hear different audio for the separate rounds?
Posted May 8, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC
I mean a suppressor is still going to make the shot quieter. Even though the round is subsonic there is still a rather violent explosion going on to fire the bullet lol. The biggest different will be in the actual sound of the bullet while it is traveling. That's what makes getting shit at by something like the val so scary. There will be bullets going past you and impacting around you but there is no bullet snap so you initially dont even know you're being shot at.
When you shoot subsonic, the "whip crack" sound of the bullet passing sound barrier is missing. This will make a target a lot less aware of being shot at and where the shot is coming from. Add a suppressor and they will only hear the bullet impacts.
From your perspective you will hear the same sound for all ammo types of the same weapon. But the target downrange will hear something different when shot at.
A bullet breaking the sound barrier is what causes the snap in the air as the bullet passes. A subsonic round will not make that sound as it going sub sonic. A suppressor is needed so that enemy's can't triangulate your gunshot as there is still expanding gas from the round being fired.
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