I really like the sawn-off variant of this weapon. For the first time in Arma 3, I'm actually using a pistol slot weapon. It's nice to be able to carry a grenade launcher when my main weapon is lacking one. The buckshot rounds are very effective in close quarters battles. I find that the extremely steep upwards angle of the muzzle makes it difficult to intuitively aim grenades at close range, though. That's probably its main drawback.
M79 Sawn-Off Grenade Launcher
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I actually find it OK having figured out the zeroing, which of course you can't change.
It's basically this or pretty close to it:
If I carry a GL (which is about 90% of the time regardless of which mods/DLCs) I mostly leave it zeroed to 100m anyway and then adjust from there based on gut feeling and experience so I find the M79 very intuitive for that, but if you're used to keeping a roughly fixed point of aim and adjusting your zeroed distance I can see that there's going to be a learning curve. You soon get the feel for it if you use it a lot though.
I did some testing of my own in the virtual arsenal and came to the same conclusion. It's zeroed at 100m, although it will travel a bit further if you are standing up. In most other games with GL's that can't be zeroed, I get used to adjusting my point of aim. The thing that throws me off in Prairie Fire is that I actually have to aim downwards to hit with most of my shots, which are close range shots in the jungle. I'm so used to the way GL's usually fire a round straight forward and rely on you to aim upwards to compensate for the drop. The way I've been dealing with it is by looking at the angle of the barrel in my hands and adjusting my aim until the muzzle is pointing slightly above the target.
I'd prefer it if the zeroing of the sawn-off M79 was 75m, 50m, or ideally, adjustable. But at least there is one good thing about the high zeroing, which is that it increases the effectiveness of the buckshot rounds. Prairie Fire seems to treat all buckshot weapons as firing a hollow cone of projectiles. The spread of the GL buckshot is so high that it's entirely possible to have half of the pellets hit the ground in front of you, while the other half flies over your targets. The steep pitch of the sawn-off M79 ensures that the lower half of your pellet cone will fly straight ahead. So it's easier to hit targets with buckshot from the sawn-off m79 than the full length version.
8 days later
good findings! I've been using the sawn-off M79 since I introduced it into Unsung mod about 6 years ago.
With the PF one it's the same deal - point and fire! and learn t oadjust and compensate for range, direction and speed of movement, and deflection or bounce of projectiles.
Typically I line up the top of the barrel on my target and then adjust where i'm pointing it for elevation and range etc.
As soon as i fire I will duck andreload while watching the fall of shot.
I had a lot of fun developing the airburst and riot gas grenades... not sure many people use them, but they can be quite effective in the right situations.