Why use a SMG instead of a machine pistol?

[HANS]

Originally Posted by apoc527

This should be a more explicit rule for many guns. Currently, I read the B408 rule as only applying to weapons with an ! after their RoF, such as most machineguns. This minimum becomes quarter RoF, which for a RoF 15 Machinepistol, is 3 (or 4, if you round up). That's no different than semi-auto fire.

You are right, I misremembered. However, this would be an easily applied rule for other automatics as well. The unregulated RoF for large-calibre machine pistols is actually 20+, meaning you wouldn't be able to fire bursts shorter than 5 rounds. While this isn't a direct disadvantage, it is inconvinient and a good rule for more realistic play.

Cheers

HANS