I'm the first to go on the the ground and to go on the first line, and I dont like to be on the top of a hill shooting ennemies at 1,5km like some players usually do.
But when you're with few people, that opfor is firing from long range because they have like 7,2mm bullets, and you have only a 5,6 weapon...
When you chose to be just a basic soldat, YOU only have access to short range weapons..