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The A-91 is a bullpup assault rifle originating in Russia, designed in the early 90s. The version depicted ingame fires the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge, an unusual feature on Russian weapons.

In BF4 the A-91 is classed as a carbine, so it is available to all kits. It does the carbine standard of 25 damage up close and 15.4 at a distance, making it a 4-7 shot kill depending on distance from the target. Its damage dropoff starts at 8 meters and ends at 50 meters, like all other carbines.

The A-91 is a bullpup weapon, meaning the magazine is located behind the trigger of the gun. This makes the reload time significantly longer than a gun with the mag located in front of the trigger. The A-91 has the second-longest reload time among carbines at 2.7 seconds for its short reload and 3.3 seconds for its long reload. Only the Type-95B-1 has a slower reload. Keep an eye on your mag, you do not want to go through a long reload with this gun.

At 800 rounds per minute the A-91 is tied for fourth place among carbines with the M4, but since the M4 is burstfire only it is difficult to achieve the full 800 RPM with it. Combined with the fact that the A-91 is a bullpup gun, the A-91 is an ideal weapon for close quarters situations. As I previously said, since it has a high rate of fire and a bullpup mag, keep an eye on your ammo count. A long reload in combat is the last thing you want to have to do. Be sure to pack a secondary with plenty of ammo, or you’ll find yourself without bullets often.

The main downside to the A-91 is its high recoil. At 0.34 vertical, and 0.5 to both the left and the right, the A-91 has the highest recoil of all carbines. However, since the horizontal recoil is even on both sides, you’ll find that in combat it mainly pulls up. With a first shot recoil multiplier of 2x, the A-91 is around the middle of the pack in that category. The angled grip is not a bad option if you can control the weapon’s heavy recoil but have difficulty with the first shot multiplier.

The A-91 has the third lowest bullet velocity among carbines at 420 meters per second, with the standard drop of 15 m/s². As I’ve said in all my other reviews, bullet velocity and bullet drop are not a big deal for carbines since you’ll probably never engage anyone at the A-91’s maximum range of 630 meters.

Unlike most other carbines, the A-91 has an ADS spread of 0.375 while still in any stance, and 0.675 while moving in any stance. When standing still, the A-91 is slightly more inaccurate than all the other carbines except the Type-95B-1, but when moving and aiming down sights it gains a significant advantage in accuracy over the other carbines. Also playing in the A-91’s favor is its hipfire spreads. At 1.5 standing still, 1.125 crouched and still, and 0.75 proned and still, the A-91 is considerably more accurate than other carbines thanks to its bullpup design. Also somewhat noteworthy is that when you shoot from the hip when proned, you are slightly more accurate than a standard carbine user that is aimed down sights and moving, although I wouldn’t recommend doing that since your mobility is severely restricted when proned. When moving the A-91 has hipfire spreads of 2.375 standing, 1.781 crouched, and 1.375 prone. While still better than other carbines, the advantage is less than you would have while standing still.

My recommended attachments for the A-91 are your RDS of choice, Laser Sight of choice, the Muzzle Brake or Compensator, and the Stubby/Potato Grip. The RDS has iron sight magnification but a much clearer view of targets. The Laser Sight will make your excellent hipfire spread even better, allowing for improved close quarters performance. The Muzzle Brake or Compensator will reduce your vertical or horizontal recoil respectively, choose one based on which you want to better control. The Stubby/Potato grip will help the spread increase penalty caused by the Muzzle Brake/Compensator. Alternatively you can run RDS, Laser Sight, no barrel attachment, and the Ergo grip to help your spread further if you can control the A-91’s heavy recoil.

I’m not the biggest fan on this gun. It’s a decent weapon, it’s just outdone by the MTAR-21 or even the ACW-R. I can’t tell what sort of place this weapon has among the carbines since I have no idea what the MTAR’s stats are yet, but I can guess that it’s most likely an easier to control alternative to the MTAR that won’t reward as much in close quarters. Use it if you have a hard time controlling the MTAR, otherwise I don’t see much of a place in the game for the A-91.