[Captain_McCusker]

[quote="ST_Bazooka_Joe":0e510]I'll take your word on the StG, as I've never read up on it. biggrin: I know how to tone down the accuracy. I'll PM you tonight or see you on TS and I can walk you through it.

PS: I also noticed the kickback on the Russian sniper rifle is alot bigger than the kickback on the German one. Dunno if that was intended, but I just saw that last night.[/quote:0e510]

Stavro has a great deal of info on the STG and is the biggest supporter of the gun. I'll see if I can get him to post more info on it.

Here's some info on the Mosin-Nagant:
[quote:0e510]The SVT 40 (Samozariadnyia Vintovka Tokareva)
Length: 122 cm
Weight: 3.9 kg
Calibre: 7.62 mm
Magazine: 10 round box
Muzzle Velocity: 830 meters per second
Rate of Fire: Semi automatic only

The Red Army introduced several types of semi automatic rifle in the years prior to the Nazi invasion. Both the AVS and the SVT 38 served in small numbers before their mechanical failings consigned them to the scrap pile. The basic design of the SVT 38 was improved upon though, and emerged as the SVT 40 detailed above.

Like so many other such weapons, the SVT 40 suffered from the use of the high power rifle round used in its companion bolt action rifles and machine guns. In the Red Army, there was also the added problem that men were often thrust into combat with little training, especially in the niceties of weapon maintenance. The SVT was a complicated machine, ill-suited to be used by conscript recruits. Ambitious plans for the weapon to replace the old Mosin-Nagant came to naught. Instead, it became a support item, used to bolster the fire of a rifle squad in the hands of an experienced soldier or NCO.

Several variants appeared, most notably a sniper version, whose users would lavish more care and attention on the tricky mechanism. A few fully automatic weapons were produced, but proved too troublesome for further development. The weapon was simply too complicated for the needs of the Red Army which was paring itself to the bone to survive.[/quote:0e510]

I highlited the portion that states the reason for the high kick in the rifle.