The M50 Reising has the wrong fire rate, in game it’s default un-upgraded rate of fire is 500 but in reality this model was most commonly stated to be at 550 rounds a minute. Even if we had to lower the damage by 0.1 to compensate I would see this as fair considering it used 45 APC ammo, as well as other small pistol caliber rounds, and the 30. Cal round. This would keep it balanced.
The rate of fire change would also extend to the M55 premium weapon as it was requested to be shortened and made into the weapon it is by the US marine Corps, this weapon was most commonly used in Guadalcanal by the Marine Paratroopers within the region. It was based on the 550 fire rate that the M50 had, and following models M60 and M65 were semi auto only with a different rate of fire.
Sources:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/reising-m50-worst-gun-world-war-ii-208136
From the official military training book made by H&R.
It can be observed here that the rate of fire is dependent on the dexterity of the user, with rates of fire going between 450 to 600 with ammunition from that era. Utilizing modern ammunition they were able to achieve almost 800 rounds a minute. The most commonly documented was 550 rounds a minute, assuming this was the most common for most users dexterity.
Proposed changes:
- Increase the M50 and M55 to 550 rounds a minute, 630 for M50 and 640 for M55 with upgrades (to leave some value to the premium squad)
- Reduce the damage to 6.5 to compensate for rate of fire increase M50 (-0.3 damage reduction), and M55 to 7.7 (-0.5 damage reduction).
- Slightly reduce the vertical and horizontal recoil
Change the stats of this weapon to be more like it’s real life counterpart?
- Yes
- No
- Yes, but with stat changes that are different from this