Grave461
Ok, I failed, not due to your links - of COURSE I know that drums for ak47 (or, I should say, RPK drums that are interchangeable with AK47) exist, but they are NOT rechambered for 7.62x51.
vashts1985's links DO disprove my claim, though... however I must say that:
First, I didn't say that it's absolutely impossible - just unlikely. And btw, if you fitted the AK with already existing C-mag, I would not complain (btw, it's certainly not compatible with AKs, but I suppose it can be refitted) - however, you chose to simply take a model of AK with a drum, rename it AK-97, and announce that from now on it fires 7.62x51 rounds! I would not have any problems with AK that fires NATO round, but not from a drum.
Second, I apologize for directly comparing your drum-fitted AK-97 and Fatman, for the former is indeed much more plausible then latter, but I mean to say that it's in the same vein - adding a weapon that is made 'cooler' with means that are stupid - just 'for the sake of it being cool'.
Third, while I'm not a military man, I've heard complains (and THAT is why I’m here, arguing) from people who WAS in the military that mounting 75-round drum on AK47 is pretty stupid - it was designed for RPK, it's heavy and unwieldy to fire 'from hands', unlike RPK that has a tripod, and firing 75 rounds in one go will surely make your weapon overheat - probably making it jam and 'spit' due to widening of the barrel (an again, RPK is designed to fire in longer bursts before overheating).Yea, it gives tactical edge, but the negatives outweigh the positives - there is a REASON it was made with 30-round clip! There is also a 'minor' issue with recoil beating your shoulder into a bloody pulp.
Btw, the Zastava M77 modification fires from 20-round clip. Again, for a reason.
And I highly doubt that C-mag is seeing widespread usage – at least, not on modifications of M14 that are specifically made as ‘light machine guns’ (if the exist at all). It might be much less unwieldy then a RPK drum, however it’s still goddamn heavy, extremely bulky (I wonder how many can you comfortably fit on your person, so you can quickly exchange them? I suspect the number would be zero) and you would still not be able to fully utilize it’s capacity due to your weapon overheating before you finish emptying it. Therefore, even as it does exist, it does not make it any less stupid.
Of course, it does not really matter in Fallout 3 – there is no weapon overheating, bulkiness and weight does not really matter – only clip size does, therefore for munchkin purposes it is perfectly sensible to have an AK47 clone, with a drum that was designed for RPK and exist only for 7.62x39 rounds.
However, again, for same purposes, it makes perfect sense to have a nuclear capapult that fires weightless nuclear bombs that leave pretty mushroom clouds… because it’s, like, supah cool.
If there was a quest to custom-with it with a drum like that – it would be great, but claiming that it is “This is fairly commonplace in the Southwestern Wastelands.” – I think, again, that’s ‘wow-inspiring’, but unrealistic… it’s even against the lore, because it’s said to fire from ’30-round clip’!
I may sound unfair, because there are countless mods, with even stupider and more unrealistic weapons are abound now, but I suppose that his place should have much higher standards?
And btw, there are 200-round Glock drums, for instance. I would praise the mod that would add a quest to custom fit your existing handgun with a drum like that, or have it found as a unique weapon - provided that it deteorated at, like 5x speed due to massive overheating when fired in long bursts.
But have it stated as a 'widespread weapon'... I guess anybody, including you, will say that is a stupid idea.
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