Machine Gun



A Machine Gun (commonly abbreviated MG) is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute. Machine guns are generally categorized as Submachine Guns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns and have been featured in every game in the Battlefield Series to date.

Light Machine Guns
A light machine gun (LMG) is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. They are the most common machine gun in the Battlefield Series.

LMGs suffer from lower than average accuracy compared to carbines and Assault Rifles (though unique to the weapon class). Also, recoil is generally higher compared to their assault rifle derivatives, with extreme rates of fire also lower. Beltfed machine guns suffer from the longest reload times of any weapon, as well as the highest hipfire spread, making them highly disadvantaged in close quarters scenarios.

Battlefield 3
The most notable weapon accessory in Battlefield 3 is the Bipod that is standard equipment on all machine guns. It reduces recoil and replaces the field-mounted MGs from previous games.

Medium Machine Guns
A Medium Machine Gun (MMG) refers to a Belt belt-fed automatic firearm firing a full-power rifle cartridge.

Appearances

 * M1919, an American made medium Machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
 * M60, an American made medium machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company and Battlefield: Bad Company 2
 * M240, an American made medium machine gun that appears in Battlefield 3
 * MG42, a German made medium machine gun that appears in Battlefield 1942
 * MG3, a German made medium machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield Play4Free
 * Vickers machine gun, a British made medium machine gun that appears in Battlefield Heroes

Heavy Machine Guns
A Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) refers to its superior power, range, and wait over other machine guns. They normally require a platform or object to mount and are widly used on armed vehicles.

Appearances

 * KORD, a Russian made heavy Machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4
 * XM312, an American made heavy machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company and Battlefield: Bad Company 2
 * Type 85, a Chinese made heavy machine gun that appears in Battlefield 2
 * MG42, a German made heavy machine gun that appears in Battlefield 1942
 * MG34, a German made heavy machine gun that appears in Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
 * M2 Browning, an American-made heavy machine gun that appears in the Battlefield series
 * MG 131, a German made heavy machine gun that appears in Battlefield Heroes
 * The Coaxial HMG, a vehicle secondary weapon for the Main Battle Tank that appears in Battlefield 3.