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Originally Posted by Heffe
Using only American weapons, the M16A1 and M4A1 both have an ROF of 6, as does the the M249. By contrast, the M2HB, the M240, and the M60 all have an ROF of 4 (though they all have lower cyclic rates IRL too).
One thing I'd note is that the M16A2 has an ROF of only 3, despite having a higher cyclic rate than the A1. It's seemingly explained away by stint of the M16A2 having a 3-round burst mode. This means that it may not only be cyclic rates being used to determine ROF.
Then again, it seems like most weapons that have a cyclic rate of 400-650 rnds/min get an ROF of 4. Weapons with a rate of 600-750 seem to get an ROF of 5 (see the AK-74), while weapons with ROFs that are 700+ seem to have an ROF of 6.
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Your observations mirror mine and I think it would be easy to change the ROF using the following scale...
ROF of 4 = 400rpm to 600rpm
ROF of 5 = 601rpm to 800rpm
ROF of 6 = 801rpm to 1300rpm
ROF of 7 = 1300rpm to 3000rpm (example GAU 19)
ROF of 8 = 3001rpm to 6000rpm (example M134)
ROF of 9 = 60001rpm to 10,000rpm (example M214)
ROF of 10 = 10,000rpm+ (example Metalstorm)
This would allow the balancing of the machineguns to real-world specs. For example...
MG3 (1280rpm) = ROF 6
MAG 58 (750-800rpm)= ROF 5 or 6 (5 being more common)
M240 (700-750rpm) = ROF 5
VZ 59 (700rpm) = ROF 5
Ultimax (600rpm) = ROF 4
M60 (550rpm) = ROF 4
PK/PKM (650-700rpm) = ROF 5
RPK (600rpm) = ROF 4
RPD (650-750rpm) = ROF 4 or 5 (5 being more common)
M1919 (500rpm in non-1919A2) = ROF 4
M2HB (450rpm) = ROF 4
Bren (500rpm) = ROF 4
LSW (750rpm) = ROF 5
AA-52 (700rpm) = ROF 5
HK-21 (900rpm) = ROF 6
KPV (600rpm) = ROF 4
The rates seem to balance out among the guns.