March 10th, 2005  
Vitaly
Centurion
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charge_7
Actually the change was because full auto on the M-16A1 was too inaccurate. The constant fire caused drift. Three round burst means a greater ability to stay on target with the M-16A2.
I thought that three-round burst was for higher probability of hit. Kind of like the Russian An-94 Abakan with the 1800 RPM cyclic ROF in the 2 round burst mode.
 
 
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