Surpressed Guns can be heard ?

[Hendrix]

Fully kitted mark ruger 4 with suppressor and subsonic rounds, enemies can hear the shots ?

[Duke Nukem]

It can be, yes. The Ruger's sound range, if I remember correctly, will be 32 even if fully silenced with subsonic ammo. I will suggest...switch to your knife.

[Major Fret]

Yeah silenced guns aren't whisper quiet. They're still useful for taking out multiple bad guys if you're quick, but you've got to respect their limitations and mix in other tools (Knife, Taser, Punches)

[Mumblez]

Its also not JUST the firing that makes noise, but the impact of the round. Assuming perfect suppression (kinda impossible) a round is still a big lump of metal flying at insane speeds, so imagine hurling a small rock as hard as you can at a brick wall, and multiply that. Yeah, people are going to hear it. I think the sound is reduced if it impacts into a human body, but thats another concern. Its also why I deck out a 45 pistol with everything to shoot good, because misses can really hurt.

[H u n k]

Originally posted by Mumblez:

Its also not JUST the firing that makes noise, but the impact of the round. Assuming perfect suppression (kinda impossible) a round is still a big lump of metal flying at insane speeds, so imagine hurling a small rock as hard as you can at a brick wall, and multiply that. Yeah, people are going to hear it. I think the sound is reduced if it impacts into a human body, but thats another concern. Its also why I deck out a 45 pistol with everything to shoot good, because misses can really hurt.

not just the misses but also the fact that they survive the hit when they're even slightly alarmed, I made a habit of double tapping every target for this reason

[Einvel]

Generally, suppressor sounds in films are not realistic at all.
In the game, it is somewhat realistic if we ignore the suppressor deterioration after each shot.
A suppressor reduces (from ear drum hurting/breaking to ok-ish without ear protection) the sound by trapping most of the high speed gas and partially hide the muzzle flash. It should be paired with subsonic bullets to avoid the sound barrier breaking too (and breaking the suppressor itself too fast too).
In the game, you can see in the gun statistics tab the distance at which a gun shot could be heard in an open field. It is further reduced in an enclosed space from the outside.

[Metal Izanagi]

Yeah, suppressed guns irl are still pretty damn loud.

Even daytime raids by special military units use suppressors, not to be stealthy but so that a guy firing his rifle doesn't blow out the eardrums of his buddies and make it impossible to communicate with any civilians or even enemies if they're trying to capture someone.

Intravenous sticks to the more realistic interpretation of suppressors and not the "impossible to hear when fired" approach that games like Splinter Cell and early on, Metal Gear, did.

[Spicy Crab]

You can always check the gunshot noise distance in the loudout menu. Semi-auto pistols are good to clear out the building, because walls absorb some of the noise. If you wanna shoot outdoors without being easily heard - you have to use VP9 or instal a manual slide mod.

[[KIN] AlphaObeisance]

Originally posted by Hendrix:

Fully kitted mark ruger 4 with suppressor and subsonic rounds, enemies can hear the shots ?

Don't believe the movies and video games. Suppressors are not "silencers"; it doesn't create some mythical "plink" sound. It still sounds like a gun, and the effects of suppressors really only make it more difficult to identify the shooter from longer distances. Up close and personal, it's still very, very obvious a gun is being fired.