Recently I discovered a hidden gem that would be great as an addition to the weapons list, the 1906 Luger Rifle which was one of the early attempts at creating a self loading semi auto rifle. It used the same mechanics of the Luger P08, the toggle lock system, and only a very few where made although I believe that this would be a nice addition to give an option aside from the French Fusil Automatique Modele 1917, which was the first militarily adopted semi auto rifle. There were definitely more semi auto rifles than this but I thought this was the most unique that I could find and interestingly even though this was developed in 1906, Germany would not actually adopt a semi automatic rifle until the Gewehr 43 over 35 years later. Post any experimental weapons from that period that you would like to see in the game below, and why they should be in the game.
tsar tank used to just roll over enemy infantry,ugly looking thing but would scare the out of me.
I’m pretty sure the Mondragon was the first semi-automatic rifle to ever be issued in any significant numbers. Anyways, all DICE has to do is read TFB’s “Semiauto Rifles of WWI and Before” post for ideas on semi-automatic rifles to add (they listed a dozen semi-automatic rifles of the time). There’s a few more semi-automatic rifles than just those that would have existed at the time.
So, Battlefield 1 actually has high potential to have a pretty huge arsenal, coming close to even Battlefield 4, if DICE actually does their research.
@MegaloDorian said:
I’m pretty sure the Mondragon was the first semi-automatic rifle to ever be issued in any significant numbers.
Definitely plausible, given the time period, and the Germans to tested some Mondragons that were purchased from Spain? (could be wrong) in their infantry, of course they had a lot of problems with dirt and mud, but in BF that isn’t an issue.
Yeah, Battlefield really won’t implement any “jamming” features, as far as I’m concerned. Even then, I think some, if not most, of the Mondragons were issued to German airborne units. So, dust wouldn’t have been a huge issue if you’re in a plane. The problem is that the Mondragons would quickly become obsolete from that role due to machine guns.
One issue I’m seeing with semi-automatic rifles in this new game is that many of them only have like 5-round magazines. So, these specific ones should have a good two-hit kill range (maybe up to like 50 meters or whatever is most acceptable) to offset such a limitation.
I just want the Winchester 1895 and American Enfield and I’ll be happy lol. There are certainly a lot of weapons in this time frame for DICE to play with, almost every nation fielded it’s own distinct weapons, or variations on other nations weapons. I also wouldn’t be shocked to see them have some stuff from just slightly post-war as a a type of prototype gun like an early development version of a Tommy gun and what not, though I can see some in the community may hate that move.
The Madsen LMG is another one I hope doesn’t get over looked, the thing stayed in service for over 50 years for a reason.
@ImBeauski said:
I just want the Winchester 1895 and American Enfield and I’ll be happy lol. There are certainly a lot of weapons in this time frame for DICE to play with, almost every nation fielded it’s own distinct weapons, or variations on other nations weapons. I also wouldn’t be shocked to see them have some stuff from just slightly post-war as a a type of prototype gun like an early development version of a Tommy gun and what not, though I can see some in the community may hate that move.The Madsen LMG is another one I hope doesn’t get over looked, the thing stayed in service for over 50 years for a reason.
Some other good rifles as well, and a good point. The more I think about it better I feel about the game.