Talk:Tungesten Liner/@comment-136.169.229.229-20190711203928/@comment-81.182.224.157-20200303114543

It negates aux shield and a single mistaken legshot against full health targets at short range (this is actually pretty common), and reduces body-shots to kill a NMG heavy by one (again assuming full health, shields and energy). Additionally, it may make a difference against non-full-health targets.

These are indeed minor bonuses, but they add up. The recoil is only visual, because the kick always resets completely before you can get the next shot off. If you are not hindered by the added visual recoil, you get a bunch of minor bonuses with no real downside.