# So what are the "experimental" weapons the dice devs were talking about on the release?

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**Created:** [May 9, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/so-what-are-the-experimental-weapons-the-dice-devs-were-talking-about-on-the-release/101022 "2016-05-09T17:50:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![CmdrVOODOO](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/cmdrvoodoo/32/101534_2.png) [@CmdrVOODOO](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CmdrVOODOO)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/so-what-are-the-experimental-weapons-the-dice-devs-were-talking-about-on-the-release/101022/4 "2016-05-09T18:30:00Z")

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> [@MrCow538](#):
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> > [@CmdrVOODOO](#):
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> > This is what I’ve been able to find for advanced weapons…
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> > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVZ20-4rAU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVZ20-4rAU)
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> > Also for attachments, the reflex sight was invented 14 years before WW1.
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> > "In 1900 Grubb invented the reflector or “reflex” sight, a non-magnifying optical sight that uses a collimator to allow the viewer looking through the sight to see an illuminated image of a reticle or other pattern in front of them that stays in alignment with the device the sight is attached to (parallax free).
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> > This type of sight has come to be used on all kinds of weapons from small firearms to fighter aircraft. It is also at the heart of all modern head-up displays. During the First World War the Grubb factory was in demand for the production of telescopic gun-sights and during this time he was credited with perfecting a periscope design for Royal Navy submarines."
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> > Source: [Howard Grubb - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Grubb)
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> wow! good find! we didn’t really see any optics beside the one on the sniper! im 90% certain this will be in the game! 😃

I started a separate thread about the optics.

Here: [WW1 1x Optics - yes, the reflex sight was actually invented in 1900 by Howard Grubb](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-1x-optics-yes-the-reflex-sight-was-actually-invented-in-1900-by-howard-grubb/101023)

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