now, i’m no weapon expert or anything, although i suspect that you can actually penetrate human body with high caliber rounds,
i think it would be nice if you could kill two people with one shot,
AI very often align with each other in line, in that very moment i realize how much handy it would have become.
dunno how hard it would be to implement that in current damage system, collateral shots might deal less damage of course, as it’s slowing down through the body.
actually AT Rifles can pierce through multiple soldiers and do collaterals.
interesting, so it works already,
although, I rarely find myself in a situation where I shoot bots with AT rifle, especially with bots that line up perfectly.
it would be nice if this was implemented for other heavy calibers as well. Unless it’s some kind of gameplay issue.
It works with tank guns as well, if you use armour piercing shells.
HE will just detonate when it hits a soldier (which is something you should seek)
so it looks like the lack of this feature in BAs, MGs, etc. is intentional.
(are they too small caliber to penetrate the body?)
It’s a pity, but well.
It would be nice if it worked in this case too.
that’s my suggestion right there.
HMG can do it too no ?
Get the Berden II gold order for the Germans. It’s a single shot rifle with bullets that’ll take down multiple soldiers in one go 
We lost something really good we used to enjoy before: rounds able to pierce certain materials, like wood.
It happened when they first released heavy mg buildables. Since those were bigger caliber, and have infinite ammunition, you can guess what happened to ppl trying to hide inside wooden houses.
It was exaggerated, but was really fun before HMG were added. Lmgs could pierce wood normally, and those hiding behind would receive reduced damage (bullets lost velocity by piercing walls).
I miss the feature. Had very tense moments in houses, were when I heard an enemy walking behind a door or a wall, I dumped my entire magazine in his general direction through the wall, and it sometimes worked.
It also worked with tank shells. I managed to explode a t34 using a pz3L (high velocity high piercing shells) by shooting… through an entire (tiny) house. (The t34 was marked).
Good times.
Nowadays, bread baskets and clay pots in Tunisia stop .45 smg bullets… 
i’m pretty sure you can, just today I think I had some white hit marks when I was shooting through wood
They greatly reduced it, to the point it has the same strength as sneezing on your enemy, if bullets penetrate wood at all.
They just didn’t plan how devastating HMG were to be in Moscow wooden villages.
A small derail.
One day when I was playing BFV, I saw enemy behind some wood and I thought “shoot through wood, free kill” so I sprayed it with my SMG. It stopped all my rounds and I was like:
I was so used to shooting through things with rifle caliber bullets, that low penetration of pistol cartridge caught me with my pants down.
Kind of hilarious.
It was for the soviets in Moscow, it was removed from the battle pass shop quite a bit ago, it also does not go through multiple soldiers, only AT rifles do that.
It used to be unique due to its oneshot ability but now its a single shot mosin with 0 benefits, it even sounds the same…
whoops, my mistake.
Well that’s odd, because from what I remember, I could kill 2-3 soldiers with a single bullet, and depending on the range/luck, I could watch 3 soldiers get hit like a harpoon. However, the bullet speed is much slower when compared to normal rifles, making ranged engagements difficult. It’s not an easy gun to use, but it’s very strong with some practice.
I haven’t used the Berden for a number of months (because I don’t play as the soviets very often), so I’m not sure if changes were made from my original experiences with the weapon’s performance. 
All bolt actions now oneshot, the Berdan II is not unique in that regard anymore.
oh how I miss the penetration model
everyone loves some penetration.
It depends on the caliber, It can still be done with a couple of the HMGs.
so bolt action rounds doesn’t penetrate irl or is it only for gameplay purpose?
gameplay balance and some other reasons