Posted by: TheProfessor
Posted by: Nameless Oracle
And contrary to popular belief "silencers" don't completely remove the gunshot. Just dampens it a bit. Thats why the proper term is "suppressor". You can still be heard by anyone not dead or asleep.
Yeah, but you'd think by then they would have super silent suppressors.
Look at the MP5SD and variants. As far as suppressed firearms go (military, not taking into account rounds such as .22 rimfire) they are amongst the quietist, but it comes at a price. Sub-sonic rounds severly reduce the effective range, limiting it to <50m in some cases.
In regards to shields, this range will be further decreased to the point that knives would be the better choice, given the speed of a SPARTAN.