User blog comment:Callofduty4/Modern Warfare 3 LMG buff/@comment-3168131-20120318165851/@comment-204.77.41.208-20120319155722

That's the point. IW nerfs/buffs weapons that aren't used as much as the others to avoid any controversy. Average casuals don't use the Type 95, and the FMGs were nerfed ever so slightly in stages to avoid any complaints from casuals. Guns the the LMGs get buffs (rightfully so) because no one uses them enough to get casuals to complain.