Some games list this as a submachine gun (BF:BC2), others as an assault rifle (AAO etc).

The M16 is one of the rifles that is used by a lot games. In fact it is a pretty old weapon (see below), and more and more it is preplaced by the M4 carabine.   Deutsche Artikel: Gewehr M16 A2 (23 Photos) und M-16 Sturmgewehr The M16 assault rifle was developed after the Korean war. In 1963 the M16 A1 was manufactured, but it had some serious difficulties:1) it was not very reliable in a muddy environment 2) if a soldier used a fully filled magazin, bullets often got stuck3) a lo soldiers called it a "toy rifle" because the butt stock was made with plastic The different versions are:M16 A1: 5.56mm, full auto fireM16 A2: 7.62x51mm, stronger rifle, 3-round bursts onlyM16 A3: used only by US Navy, 7.62mm, semi and full auto fireM16 A4: mixture between M4 and M16A2, using standard mounts Clones/copies and variants: AR-15 (Colt Models 601 & 602) XM16E1 and M16A1 (Colt Model 603) M16A2 M16A3 M16A4 Colt Model 655 and 656 "Sniper" variants XM177 Colt Model 733 M ...

Reality vs Games: Speed: in real life a lot faster than in games. Laser guided: NO. In Battlefield Bad Company 2 the Carl gustav can lock on a tracer dart, so you can fire it around corners, it follows a moving target. In Reality this is not possible. The M3 version has a special night scope, so a spotter can fire a tracing ammunition at a target and the Carl Gustav gunner can aim that tracer. But the rocket will fly a straight ballistic line, not flying curves. Shooting inside buildings: No. If you would do that in real life, the blast would come back from the walls and hurt or kill you and your team mates. Technique: As you can see in the photo, the barrel is used to rotate the ammunition to improve the flight stability. Because of this, the 84mm rounds don't need "wings". More: The Carl Gustav (also called M2CG) is a swedish recoil less anti tank rifle, shooting 84mm ammo.Battlefield Bad Company 2 calls it a "M2CG".The weapon was developed 1946. The M2 version was deleoped 19 ...

In Call Of Duty 7: Black Ops this weapon is called "Commando", do not mix this with the SIG551 Commando.

This underbarrel grenade launcher is called "SG40mm" in Battlefield Bad Company 2

This is the typical grenade launcher for russian and chinese forces in video games. Other games might give it a different name, example: Battlefield Bad Company 2 calls this grenade launcher a "SMK 40mm"

The MP5 has a ton of variants and each can be modified. In games usually you find a submachine gun close to the MP5 A4 or MP5 A2, if a game just says "MP5" we reference to the MP5 A4 then. The variants use the calibers 9x19mm, 10mm Auto (for MP5/10) and .40 Smith & wesson for the MP5/40 gun.

Real name for this sniper rifle is SVD. Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова ... that means: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova (= SVD) ... that means: Dragunov sniper rifle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVD_(rifle)   Real name for this sniper rifle is SVD. Russian: Снайперская винтовка Драгунова ... that means: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova (= SVD) ... that means: Dragunov sniper rifle.

The M67 seems to exist in a lot different shapes. i need to check this a little more in detail and refine this article.

Reality vs. Games: Speed: a lot faster than in games, watch the videos. Laser guided: NO. In real life, the AT4 is a LOT faster than in all games and movies. In real life, you can't see the warhead/projectile while it flies. See the movie to get an impression, how fast a rocket is in real life. Firing inside buildings: Yes. As you can see in the videos, it is possible to fire that weapon even in very narrow spaces.Also this video shows the different modes (against structures or to breach walls ("mousehole mode")).    

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