I mean since I read stories that this caliber can slice your arm off, shouldn't shooting an enemy with it one shot him or knock him out instantly ?
The only way to do it is to shoot straight in the middle of the chest or the head. In Arma 3 the 50 cal was an instant one shot, didn't matter what body part it hit.
Hello Shurilex.
According to the dev team this is intended:
The arm-shots are survivable is entirely intended. It's set up so that, if someone peeks around a corner and sees the fingers of a character on a gun, you can't instakill them without them seeing you, just because you have a heavy caliber.
Arms can only propegate so much damage to health, same for legs.
However, since 0.9.9 bullets penetrate flesh and thus, if a bullet hits an arm, and then passes into another arm, or the same arm, or the chest, or the legs etc, the same bullet deals damage twice, almost guaranteeing a kill.
Thank you for your answer Geez, I understand now !
I still think that a 14.5mm bullet from a BTR should at least make you unconscious but, if it is necessary to balance the game then, do what you think is best ! :D