I’ve seen a couple people with the M1918 BAR in game. I can’t seem to find any information on how to unlock it. Don’t see it in any in-game menus or anything. Anyone know?
AFAIK it is not in the game right now.
Possibly the files contain a model for it and it will be available at some time - almost certainly expect it in the public release.
There are 2 theories on why you see weapons you can’t unlock
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They’re bot squads which weren’t changed to have the correct equipment (the BAR was in a previous iteration of Normandy)
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They have special accounts
I’m kindof favoring the former.
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It is in the game,
just not unlockable/usable for players.
AI may carry it.
Some weapons are not currently available for regular players because devs removed them for reworks
For example: you can’t use bazooka but you use PIAT, why?
Because in the first Normandy test, bazooka behaved quite weird and there were situations where the rocket couldn’t penetrate parts without side skirts.
Now, BAR was probably removed in order to test some british weapons before tunisia
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Devs may carry it, too
Haha, but they used the model for the bazooka and called it a Piat. They should’ve just called it a bazooka. A lot of streamers were scratching their heads on that one.
Most players were expecting familiar weapons like the Thompson and instead got two version of the same grease gun instead.
It’s because it fires like the PIAT, but the model wasn’t ready so uses the Bazooka as it’s close enough
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Should’ve used the Panzerfaust model imo. That thing already shoots 10 feet tops
When the bazooka comes back, I would rather see it go against the panzerschrek, as the panzerfaust is supposed to be single shot, and the bazooka has extremely long range while the panzerfaust doesn’t.
In the previous Normandy test, I had a lot of fun sniping panzers with it.
Panzerfaust range will surprise you.
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I’ve used it, and it’s pretty bad for range.
[edited, I wrote wrong numbers]
It depends on the model. The most common one was Pzv60 and it had 60m range, I guess it was the one that was used in previous normandy test.
Late war models had even 250m range.
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the one in-game is the 60m
I am talking historical, not the botched up version we have ingame.
Just like @VoyoMayPL
The panzerfaust was actually the most effective handheld anti-tank weapon during WW2 (most kills, not kills per use) just because of the quantity of them. It matched the range of the reloadable rocket launchers.
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Then why not start off by saying to change the existing panzerfaust rather than replacing it with the panzerschrek?
Arguing that the panzerfaust isn’t that bad by claiming it’s a version that we don’t have doesn’t make any sense.
Why exchange / replace? Make them both available with pros and cons.
The way the Panzerfaust works right now would be all-around worse.
But would be more common than RPzB, and harder to spot.
You’re not really going to see either until they start shooting, and being more common is assuming a lot.
For tanker that’s bad. But AT soldier would be basically screwed after shot because whole enemy team would know his position.
Depends on the progreson system we are going to get. But what ever it will be, pzvaust should easier to get than RPzB or Bazooka.