Why is the 9mm so under powered?

[annoyinglizardvoice]

Nearly anything that has been invented as a weapon can kill in one hit if the hit is good enough, so there'd be no point to big weapon lists if weapons were truly realistic in the amount of damage they did. Armour (and how things cope with it) would be the only thing that really needed to be taken into account.

 

[bookboy]

first off, I assume that by realistic you mean the marketing term that publishers use to refer to games like call of duty. rather than to actually realistic games like ArmA 2 or operation flashpoint. but I would also consider possible armour piercing capability. I mean, a coyote is nice, but how would a 9mm round go against kevlar and ceramic plates?

Ooh, a fellow Armaholic. Looking forward to Operation Arrowhead I assume?

oh yes, most definitely! although I am unsure as to whether my current computer will even be able to play the game