The Zone of Alienation mod is an adaptation of the renowned AMK mod. It is built on top of a specialized variant of AMK that uses a magazine system. From this premise, it has expanded to aim to include the following:
New 9x39 ammo icons
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Description
Left to right:
9x39 SPP - sniper round
9x39 SP5 - FMJ
9x39 SP6 - AP
9x39 PAB-9 - Defective AP
What means "defective AP"? Is it like the cheaper alternative to the SP-6? :)
Yes, it is cheaper than the other 9x39 types.
The steel AP core of the bullet was manufactured using cheaper methods, i.e. stamped steel instead of machined steel.
This gave it inferior performance compared to SP-6, It's no longer used, and was discontinued some time around 2011, and SoC takes places around early-mid 2012. Which would mean that the Russian Military might have exported it to the Zone during that time period as a way of getting it off of their hands and making some money.
Very cool story idea, I like to think that all of the 9x39 weapons in the Zone are sold from Chechen captures, and that some Spetsnaz/MVD operatives may have entered the Zone after demob.
I think of it more as a contract deal between the Russian Military, and the plants that produce the weapons, in exchange for certain factions and the Ukrainian military to cooperate with them in exporting valuable artifacts.
Thanks for the answer man!