Weapons of WW1

Battlefield 1 General Discussion
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Link to section: Since there’s some concern about the weapons, I’m compiling a list of wicked guns that we might or would like to see in Battlefield 1. WW1 had a tonne of Bolt action weapons so it understandable that Since there’s some concern about the weapons, I’m compiling a list of wicked guns that we might or would like to see in Battlefield 1.
WW1 had a tonne of Bolt action weapons so it understandable that concern over a lack of Semi-Auto and Full auto weapons might be absent from the game. So here’s a list to quell those concerns. Keep in mind that I may include weapons that were still in development or created after the Great War and this is mainly for quality gameplay, if Battlefield wanted to do a 1:1 scale of the war then the entire game would be 64 players split up between trenches shooting bolt action guns at each other without either side having fun.

Link to section: Pistol’s -Colt 1911 -Luger P08 -Borchardt C93 -Mauser C96 (Plus a full auto version) (confirmed) -Nambu Type 14 -Steyr Model 1912 -Berretta Model 1915 -Star Model 14 -Browning 1903 and 1910Pistol’s
-Colt 1911
-Luger P08
-Borchardt C93
-Mauser C96 (Plus a full auto version) (confirmed)
-Nambu Type 14
-Steyr Model 1912
-Berretta Model 1915
-Star Model 14
-Browning 1903 and 1910

Link to section: Revolver’s -Webley Revolver -Colt Model 1898 New Service -Nagant Revolver 1895 -LeMat Revolver -Single Action Army -Colt Model 1917 -Smith & Wesson Model 10 -Lebel Model 1892 -S&W 03Revolver’s
-Webley Revolver
-Colt Model 1898 New Service
-Nagant Revolver 1895
-LeMat Revolver
-Single Action Army
-Colt Model 1917
-Smith & Wesson Model 10
-Lebel Model 1892
-S&W 03

Link to section: Shotguns(Trench Gun’s) -Winchester Model 1897 (Partial Confirmation) -Winchester Model 12 (Partial Confirmation) -Remington Model 10 -Remington Model 11(semi-auto) -Browning Auto 5 -Stevens Model M520Shotguns(Trench Gun’s)
-Winchester Model 1897 (Partial Confirmation)
-Winchester Model 12 (Partial Confirmation)
-Remington Model 10
-Remington Model 11(semi-auto)
-Browning Auto 5
-Stevens Model M520
-Double Barrel Shotgun’s
-Over Under Shotguns
-Lever Action 1887

Sub-Machine Guns (most of the are experimental only two were really ever used on the frontlines)
-Bergman MP-18 (Confirmed)

  • Ribeyrolles M1918
    -Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 (This ugly thing can be either a full auto rifle or smg)
    -Thompson Experimental Belt-Fed Model 1919 (and other Early Development models. seeing these in-game are kinda stretching the boundaries of reality)
    -Thompson Persuder
    -Beretta M1918
    -Villar-Perosa Submachine Gun
    -Standschütze Hellriegel 1915
    -Thompson 1918 Annihilator
    -Springfield Rifle with Pedersen Device

Link to section: Semi-Automatic Rifles -Mondragon Rifle -Remington Model 8 -RSC M1917 -Winchester Model 1905 -Cei-Rigotti (selective fire) -Meunier A6 -Farquhar-Hill -Luger Model 1906 -Madsen-Rasmussen 1896 -Mauser M1Semi-Automatic Rifles
-Mondragon Rifle
-Remington Model 8
-RSC M1917
-Winchester Model 1905
-Cei-Rigotti (selective fire)
-Meunier A6
-Farquhar-Hill
-Luger Model 1906
-Madsen-Rasmussen 1896
-Mauser M1916 (this gun looks wicked, might end up being full auto)

Link to section: Automatic Rifle’s/LMG’s -Federov Avtomat -B.A.R -The Rossignol ENT B1 -Winchester Model 1907 (Select Fire) -Winchester Model 1917 Machine Rifle -Huot Automatic Rifle -ChauChat (ugh, this thing) -LewisAutomatic Rifle’s/LMG’s
-Federov Avtomat
-B.A.R
-The Rossignol ENT B1
-Winchester Model 1907 (Select Fire)
-Winchester Model 1917 Machine Rifle
-Huot Automatic Rifle
-ChauChat (ugh, this thing)
-Lewis Gun (Water Jacket and Air Cooled) (Confirmed)
-Hotchkiss 1909
-Madsen machine gun
-Bergman MG15
-MG14 (could be a heavy machine gun)

Link to section: Heavy Machine Gun’s -MG-08 (Confirmed) -Maxim Machine Gun -Browning M1917 -Hotchkiss M1909 -Villar Perosa -Hotchkiss Model 1914 -Type 3 Heavy Machine GunHeavy Machine Gun’s
-MG-08 (Confirmed)
-Maxim Machine Gun
-Browning M1917
-Hotchkiss M1909
-Villar Perosa
-Hotchkiss Model 1914
-Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun

Link to section: Bolt Action Guns -Mosin-Nagant -Arisaka Rifles (theres a lot of them) -Springfield M1903 -Lee-Enfield Rifles -Mauser G-98 -Berthier Rifle -Krag Jorgenson Rifle -French Lebel Rifle -Mannlicher M1895 ThBolt Action Guns
-Mosin-Nagant
-Arisaka Rifles (theres a lot of them)
-Springfield M1903
-Lee-Enfield Rifles
-Mauser G-98
-Berthier Rifle
-Krag Jorgenson Rifle
-French Lebel Rifle
-Mannlicher M1895
The list for bolt action rifles is REALLY extensive, but these are the main ones most likely to end up in-game

Other Weapons of Interest That Could Make and appearance in-game or already have
-Mauser T-Gewehr (Confirmed)
-Elephant Gun (Double Barrel, High Caliber Rifle)
-Lever Action Rifle’s
-Flamethrowers (confirmed,unknown model)

So what are the "experimental" weapons the dice devs were talking about on the release?
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Feel free to add any ideas of your own below

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Furrer 1919 (prototype submachine gun)

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wow great list,i cant wait to get my hands on the lee enfield love the sound of that thing,maybe alot to ask but could you do a ww1 vehicle list.

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remmy1, that’s definitely gonna take me a night but I’ll see what I can do. You would not believe the crazy I’ve found while researching this weapons list.

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@NixonTooStronk said:
remmy1, that’s definitely gonna take me a night but I’ll see what I can do. You would not believe the crazy I’ve found while researching this weapons list.

cheers man i know its alot,if you cant thats no problem.

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There’s quite a few tanks (light medium heavy), over 20 aircraft (fighters, bombers) not including zeppelins. There are metal skinned planes as well. infantry transports. Modified weapons. e.g. using a mortar as a direct fire weapon against tanks.

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i have looked some up i think i read there were about 100 types of armoured jeeps,i cant wait to see what we can do with the zeppelins.maybe drop gas on infantry.

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Nice list, very extensive.

I’d add these too:
Winchester 1895
The Russians used the poop out of them, and it has some flair and unique identity among the rifles since it’s a lever action rifle.

The M1917 Enfield “American Enfield”
It actually was the primary rifle among US soldier deployed to France, and has been called the best rifle of WW1 by some, including Julian Hatcher. Plus it’s smexy and hold 6 rounds instead of the normal 5.

The Madsen LMG
It was in service with most European armies at one point or another in the 20th century. It may have been the best LMG of the war honestly, it’s light, reliable, and spits lead at a nice steady pace. It’s exactly what you want in a squad support gun.

And the Chauchat is actually a fairly good weapon that has a soured history in America for a bad 30.06 conversion from my understanding. I’d post a link to a video about it from a channel called Forgotten Weapons on Youtube, but the forum won’t let me. I recommend to anyone interested in weapons from like 1820-1960 to look up that channel, Ian has a lot of great videos on hundreds of guns.

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Wait, are you saying WW1 didn’t only have mustard gas and hand to hand combat?

heresy…

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Blasphemy I say. All good Christians know they only had primitive swords, rocks and select spears. Horses didn’t even exist until King Richard invented them for the Crusades.

Lulz

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Oh and for vehicles they better have a Spad or I’ll be sad :..( (Ha, it even rhymes) One model of Spad even had a 37mm cannon on it, I don’t know how the gun preformed, or how the weight of the gun effected the performance of the Spad, but I can see it being fun lol.

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Hm… You’re missing at least the Ross rifle.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_rifle

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I love BF but feel that in recent games there have been too many weapons and this causes a lack of individuality. Each weapon starts to feel the same. Instead I really hope that Dice Limits the amount of weapons and really focuses on unique gunplay. Earlier games had this and with the unlimited amount of customizing and weapons the game suffers. Let us have really great weapons but limit them for the games sake.

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@Napoleonicus said:
Hm… You’re missing at least the Ross rifle.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_rifle

Yes, Ross Rifle, Yes please. I loved that old rifle.

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I found this awesome wicked deadly German SMG that has no name, but it basically looks like a scaled down MG08. I would link the video but I can’t for the silliest reason.

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@ImBeauski said:

I’d post a link to a video about it from a channel called Forgotten Weapons on Youtube, but the forum won’t let me. I recommend to anyone interested in weapons from like 1820-1960 to look up that channel, Ian has a lot of great videos on hundreds of guns.

I second this! Seriously, DICE, if you need help researching interesting weaponry that existed during WW1, get into contact with Ian! Forgotten Weapons is a VERY educational site and YouTube channel!

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Found another goody,the Farquhar-Hill rifle. Pulling my info from wikipedia and a video Ian made (seriously, he’s covered everything). An automatic rifle like the BAR or Chauchat, with a 700 rounds a minute rate of fire fed from a 20 or 65 round drum mag. Apparently the British placed an order for some after field test show them as “suitable for the field” in 1918, but the war ended before the main production guns were delivered.

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The Farquhar-Hill that Ian used was semi-automatic with either a 19-round (according to world.guns.ru) or 20-round magazine, I believe. Although, many publications do list it as an automatic rifle. So, it may be both, depending on variants.

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Thumbs up on this list! Psyched!!!