| Overview | BF2 | BF2:MC | 2142 | BC | Battlefield 3 | BF4 |
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| BF1 | BFV | 2042 | Mobile | BF6 | ||
The Support kit is featured in Battlefield 3. The kit is more akin to the Battlefield 2 kit, as it is equipped with Ammo Box, used to replenish ammunition for teammates. With the introduction of the Suppression system, the Support class takes on an additional role of being a key presence by effectively shaping the battlefield by diverting and dispatching opposing forces.
This allows the player to cover an area by fire whilst maintaining accuracy. In conjunction with gadgets such as the M18 Claymore and M224 Mortar, the Support class is able to adapt to urban and open combat. Support players are also able take on an anti-armor role with C4 Explosives, a feature absent from previous titles.
Advantages[]
- They are most effective at pinning enemies down.
- They have what is arguably the most devastating explosive which is C4 charges.
- They are able to resupply teammates.
- Even if they cannot directly kill opponents, they can still bring suppressive firepower to distract them.
Limitations[]
- Unlike the Engineer class, which can engage vehicles with a launcher at range, the Support class must get close to enemy armour in order to throw C4 on them, leaving them open to counterattacks.
- They cannot revive teammates or spot enemies.
- Mortars are most effective in open ground and lose their usefulness in a built-up area.
- Generally speaking machine guns have a higher chance of injuring enemies rather than killing them outright.
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Trivia[]
- The Support model carries an array of explosives most similar to the Battlefield Vietnam Engineer.
- Even when the US support is using a weapon that doesn't load using a bullet belt he will still have a belt wrapped around his neck.
- The US Support appears to wear a USMC Lightweight Helmet.
- The Russian Support wears a blue tel'nik (Russian: тельня́шка) signifying him being VDV or GRU Spetsnaz.
- The Russian Support carries a Cold Steel Shovel that some Spetsnaz use as a CQ and throwing weapon.
- The Russian Support wears a K6-3 Titanium bulletproof helmet worn by Russian special operation teams like the MVDs, SOBR, and OMON police units.
- Even though the Russian Support wears short sleeves and full finger gloves, from a first-person perspective, it looks rather more like long sleeves and fingerless gloves. The same goes for the Assault class in the USMC side except the other way around.
- The class poster before the alpha shows the Medic cross for the Support and the bullet for Assault, referencing the classes' roles in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
- In the Battlefield 3 expansion Aftermath, the US Support class is one of the two classes that wears sunglasses (The other being the Recon class). However this as no effect on gameplay, as the sun glare still exists if playing as the Support class.
- The Russian Support wears a helmet very similar to the Russian Demolition of Battlefield: Bad Company.
- The US Support resembles Montes from singleplayer.