Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-35208486-20190301194342

Summary
As odd as it may sound, not every environment is well suited for weapons like a hard-hitting sniper rifle or a fully automatic machine gun. Sometimes the locations are too cluttered or far too open to provide any effective use for an M249 or the Barrett 50 Cal., and the zombies are learning this too. To combat this, R-Brain Hardwork dove through the history books once more to bring back another WWII Classic. People were in demand for a semi-auto rifle, the implication for the M1 Garand's return. However, high production costs prevented the legend from returning, and something smaller had to be produced. Luckily, there was one weapon that just fit that description.

Background Story
The need of the M1 Carbine originated after many frontline soldiers complained that their M1 Garand or M1A1 Thompson caused many issues when carrying and using. A decision was made to issue a carbine weapon that would weigh half as much as the Thompson, while also providing greater accuracy, range and firepower than a handgun. Although overshadowed by weapons such as the M1A1 Thompson and the M1 Garand, the M1 and later M1A1 Carbine would prove effective weapons on the frontlines. Despite firing a smaller round that was three times less powerful than the M1 Garand, it was twice as powerful than the M1A1 Thompson's .45 ACP Pistol Caliber round. Plus, the weapons smaller size allowed a soldier to carry Extra Ammo in comparison to say one extra Drum Mag for the Thompson.

Tips

 * The fire rate is slightly faster than the M1A1 Thompson and the Steyr M. Take advantage of this, but don't be trigger happy.
 * Conserve ammo, for you only carry 15 bullets in a magazine.
 * However, to compensate you carry 2 magazines in reserve.
 * Do not treat this gun as a sniper rifle. It may have decent range but this is best use at close to moderate ranges.
 * You can drop a zombie in three shots, two if at least one is a headshot.

Pros

 * High Damage Output
 * High Total Damage
 * High Reserve Ammo

Cons

 * No attachments
 * Slow Rate of Fire

Trivia

 * This would be the third World War era weapon, if added. The first being the M1A1 Thompson and the second being the Luger P08.
 * The model I found best suited for the game was made by Natej89, and can be found by going to this link.
 * The idea for this weapon originated after the realization that there are no proper semi-automatic rifles in the game. The Dragunov and Barrett 50 Cal. has too low an ammo count to be a semi-auto, the M16A1 is technically a burst rifle than it is semi-auto.
 * One would likely argue that the M1 Garand is indeed a better choice because of its use in WWII and in the classic Reason 2 Die, but I feel as though the M1 Garand gets a little too much attention over guns like the Carbine.
 * While the included picture is a mesh weapon that is not in style with R2DA's guns, I chose it because it helps make the gun stand out a little more...and that no decent enough models of the M1 Carbine exist.

Thanks for reading this post, it really means a lot. If you liked it, give it kudos, a comment and if you think something should be changed to improve the suggestion so that hopefully, just hopefully, we can get it in the game.

- TheSopwithCamel 