I was thinking about this when I suggested that some subfactions/new nations could be added, some weapons (not that much as some might think), would have to be removed from certain nations, because they never used these, but then, with what new weapons do we replace them ?
The topic in question (feel free to check it) :
And I thought about some iconic weapons for the americans, for example the M1917A1 and M1919A4:
Problem, as you can see, these weapons only have a pistol grip, no buttstock, and were made to be used on a tripod. However, deploying the tripod for these MGs during a firefight was risky and ttime consuming, and the soldiers obviously didnāt like that part. So, they developed new methods to use these machine guns on the move, as you can see below (the short comes from a guy who is a reenactor, his videos seem to be quite accurate and informative, because I saw other guys saying complete bullshit on other channels, but this one seems quite good) :
So, now that we know that these MGs were often used this way by the soldiers, how do we implement these guns in the game ? Because we obviously canāt aim down sights with a machine gun without buttstock, Enlisted might be arcadey, but it is not COD, or another game of that kind.
And then, here comes an already existing mechanic in this game, which is only present on the Type 5 recoilless rifle of the japanese faction:
Default position:
Aiming down sights position:
Basically, this gun is operated like this, because it had no sights at all (Iām not joking, it had ZERO sights, the guy had to shoot this gun just by the feeling).
And as we can see, with the machine guns above, you could definitely not ADS while you were using the gun without the tripod, so I suggest that the machine guns without buttstocks and only a pistol grip should use the same mechanic of zooming while standing, just like the Type 5 recoilless rifle, and you could then use the sights of the machine gun only if you mount the gun on a wall or mounting it when you are in a lying position. Please note, that this would only apply to the machine guns with the characteristics that I cited above, THE MACHINE GUNS WITH ONLY SPADE GRIPS SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED.
That way, we could add some iconic machine guns to the game, while adding new gameplay mechanics, which would make the game better.
A few fun facts:
You might think that this mechanic could make the game less realistic, but in Squad 44 (formerly Post-Scriptum), a way more realistic game than Enlisted, this exact mechanic with the M1919A4 is already in the game, and thatās what gave me this idea to be honest.
Another thing: using such types of machine guns as LMGs wasnāt only done by the US soldiers, here you can see a Breda 38 with a makeshift bipod, so it could make a cool addition to a potential italian subfaction/nation:
Link to the site of the pic:
If you are interested by other suggestions/ideas of mechanics, feel free to check another of my topics that I update sometimes with new ideas; I did a new topic specifically for this MG mechanic, because it would give it more visibility, and my post would have been probably a bit too long for only a single suggestion, as you can see here, and I really wanted to give more visibility to this suggestion. The other topic in question, the suggestions are not only in the top post, but from the beginning to the āendā of the topic :
Thatās it for now !
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