Why are D2 Pistol enemies oneshot on punishment hope eradicated

[Grandpa Crack Pipe]

I've been playing on Hope Eradicated Punishment Chaos (don't ask), and i've noticed that literally every single time i've been hit by a D2 wielding enemy, it does 120 damage. The SMG, which ostensibly does the same damage, does only 30 to me.
Why are the pistol boys one of the deadliest enemies in this mode?

[SilverSet]

Damage is weird in Cruelty Squad, I think they do 15 damage normally, 30 on Punishment and with speed implant that would do 60 at best. There might be some damage buffs to certain enemies on chaos, but I doubt that. Maybe you are being double tapped though. Also, accuracy exists, smg grunts are bad at it.

EDIT: Nevermind, did some more research. But it's all for the balancing really. Check my comment below.

[cutie.]

enemies tend to aim for your head, even if you crouch they still aim where your head would be while standing.
maybe you just get headshot cause the gun is so accurate, not sure if headshots works on your character too.

normally its 20 damage
40 with punishments
so i assume you catch several shots too.
so start crouching to increase your survivability against all normal guns.

[SilverSet]

Originally posted by cutie.:

enemies tend to aim for your head, even if you crouch they still aim where your head would be while standing.
maybe you just get headshot cause the gun is so accurate, not sure if headshots works on your character too.

normally its 20 damage
40 with punishments
so i assume you catch several shots too.
so start crouching to increase your survivability against all normal guns.

There are no headshots for the player character.
Also, I just checked it again, but pistol guys deal 30 damage normally, 60 on punishment and 120 with punishment and -100% armor. Smg grunts deal 10 damage per shot, but they shoot faster, while having higher chance of missing their shots on longer ranges (from my experience, at least).
But yeah, both guns deal 20 damage when you are the one shooting. Snipers deal 50 damage and will oneshot you just on punishment, so they are still more deadly in that matter.