User blog comment:KATANAGOD/CoD Wiki News - November 16th, 2014/@comment-2163805-20141116105654/@comment-24756040-20141116145852

AA12 had decent damage to pair up with that insane ROF. Slap Scavenger and Extended Mags on and you basically have a primary weapon. But I will agree the range was god awful.

(PS: drum mag AA12 was only on a DS CoD, and it was a 3 shot kill)