Talk:Blacklight/@comment-28707123-20160807072318/@comment-73.83.116.87-20170926023623

The MP7A1 is NOT A CROSS BETWEEN AN SMG AND A CARBINE. It IS, however a PDW, or personal defense weapon. It is chambered in 4.6*30mm caliber, which is much smaller then the MP5's 9mm. The whole point of the MP7A1, and PDWs in general is that a PDW can spit out lot's of small, high penetration anti-personnel rounds. The MP7A1's 4.6*30 round does a lot more damage to modern body armor than one of the MP5's 9mm rounds. This might seem strange, that a smaller round can inflict more damage, but the velocity from a MP7A1 is around 2400 feet per second, and an MP5A3, the most common model is more like 1312 feet per second. However, the MP5A3 has more accuracy at longer range. The MP7A1 is designed to be a light (it weighs just about twice as heavy as a standard pistol) fast firing, replacement for a 5.56 patrol rifle like an M4 or a SIG 556. It's lighter to carry around on a patrol. In all, the MP7A1 and the MP5A3 are two completely different guns that are at almost different ends of the spectrum.