Do different rifles firing same ammo have different ballistics?

[Beltfed 0]

Does the AK-74 have the same accuracy as an AKS even though for former has a longer barrel and should be more accurate? I read where someone thought that the ballistics of a shot are determined by the round fired and have nothing to do with the rifle it was fired from. I find this hard to believe as Arma 2 is supposed to be realistic.

Can anyone clear this up for me? Or, for another example, is a 7.62x39mm round trajectory exactly the same no matter what it is fired from?

Thanks,

Chris

[JuggernautOfWar 1]

The weapons in this game have different ballistic properties as well as the ammunition. So to answer your title question; yes.

[Beltfed 0]

Good! Thank you.

[frederf 0]

The weapons in this game have different ballistic properties as well as the ammunition. So to answer your title question; yes.

Do you have proof of this? Some config lines perhaps?

[max power 21]

You could probably set up some gmj range cards to see a difference, if any.

[Jimmy the Saint 10]

Should be hard to "proof" the thesis, since every shot you fire (even from the same weapon) seems to be manifoldly. You hardly hit the same spot twice.

[no use for a name 0]

I think the ballistics is the same depending on the ammo, but the accuracy is different depending on the gun. So if you shot an AK-47 and an AK-47u (the compact version), the bullets travel the same speed, arc, recoil, etc.; but the 47u will be less accurate because of the shorter barrel. It's not completely realistic; but it does the job

[akd42 10]

I think the ballistics is the same depending on the ammo, but the accuracy is different depending on the gun. So if you shot an AK-47 and an AK-47u (the compact version), the bullets travel the same speed, arc, recoil, etc.; but the 47u will be less accurate because of the shorter barrel. It's not completely realistic; but it does the job

So basically they change the one thing they shouldn't, and then leave all the things that should change untouched? Brilliant!