The LP08 was designed to serve instead of carbines for point defence use by machine gun and artillery support troops for whom a carbine might prove to be cumbersome or awkward during the performance of their duties. It also proved to be effective as a light assault weapon in the hands of sturmtruppen (storm troopers) when coupled with 32-round snail drum magazines.
And yes, when used with a board stock it is accurate as all heck at ridiculously long range. They are even startlingly accurate even without the stock. One of the reasons for this accuracy is a rear sight which biases itself horizontally as you raise it for increased range, to compensate for the gyroscopically curved path of the bullet.
--Dwight
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