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Weapon Variants is a feature first introduced Battlefield Heroes and Battlefield Play4Free and was carried over to Battlefield 1. In Heroes and Play4Free, they feature as mainly cosmetic alterations with very minor stat changes. In Battlefield 1, it is a form of weapon customization and weapon progression where individual variants feature different attachments and properties. A weapon variants system also appeared in minor forms in Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield V.
Battlefield Heroes[]
In Battlefield Heroes, the weapon variant system namely consists of four individual qualities, being Stolen/Pilfered,Dapper/Stylish, Super/Uber, and Golden. Qualities are often determined by the team the weapon is available to, with the exception to Golden weapons.
Stolen and Pilfered[]
Stolen and Pilfered weapons, also referred to as Black Market weapons, are weapons that are statistically and cosmetically identical weapons available to the enemy team, released on May 19th, 2010.[1] Royal Army weapons available to the National Army are referred to as "Stolen", whereas the opposite are referred to as "Pilfered". Each stolen and pilfered weapon is unlocked seperately from the base weapon. Stolen and Pilfered qualities can be found combined with every other quality. Stolen and Pilfered weapons are exclusive to the base game weapons and the Battlefield Heroes Gets Bad Company update weapons.
Dapper and Stylish[]
Dapper and Stylish weapons are weapons that are statistically identical weapons to their base versions, however sporting a different cosmetic look. They were available for purchase with 
or 
, and were released in the Heroes of the Fall update. Royal Army weapons are referred to as "Dapper", whereas National Army weapons are referred to as "Stylish". Dapper and Stylish qualities can be found combined with the Stolen and Pilfered quality, released on May 25th, 2010.[2] Dapper and Stylish weapons are also exclusive to the certain base game weapons.
Super and Uber[]
Super and Uber weapons are weapons that are statistically and cosmetically different weapons to their base versions, featuring minor stat changes. They were available for purchase with , 
, or , and can be unlocked at level 10 for a specific faction and class. They were released for the Winter Armistice update, with a new weapon class being released from December 1st, 2009 to December 7th, 2009. Super and Uber weapons often contained a statistical boost, such as modified damage over range values, magazine sizes, and critical hit chance. Royal Army weapons are referred to as "Super", whereas National Army weapons are referred to as "Uber". Super and Uber qualities can be found combined with the Stolen and Pilfered quality, and are similar to the Golden quality. Super and Uber weapons are also exclusive to base game weapons, and are statistically identical to the Battlefield Heroes Gets Bad Company and Medal of Honor update weapons. During the Black Friday sale from November 22nd, 2010 to November 29th, 2010, all Super and Uber weapons, including stolen and pilfered versions, were on a 40% off discount.[3]
Golden[]
Golden weapons are exclusive weapons that are statistically identical weapons to their regular super and uber versions, featuring a golden finish. They were available to be earned via guessing the champion teams of various games (Spain in 2010 and 2012, Germany in 2014) of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (Football Fiesta 2010), UEFA Euro 2012 (Football Fiesta 2012), and the 2014 FIFA World Cup (Football Fiesta 2014) via purchasing cosmetic items from the store. Golden weapons released in 2013 were available through Top Up Gifts, which were then moved to the Premium Store. Golden weapons are statistically identical to the base, super or uber variants of each weapon, depending on the weapon.
Each update wave introduced new golden weapons over time. The first wave in 2010 featured golden variants of the weapons released in the Battlefield Heroes Gets Bad Company update. The second wave in 2012 introduced golden variants of specific Super and Uber weapons. The third wave in 2013 introduced golden variants of certain weapons via Top Up Gifts. The fourth wave in 2014 introduced Stolen and Pilfered variants of the 2010 weapons. Golden quality can be found combined with the Stolen and Pilfered quality.
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Battlefield 3[]
Battlefield 3 featured weapon variants for secondaries, each with their own attachments, replacing the attachment system found on primary weapons.
- TACT. - Adding Tactical Light to M9, MP443 and M1911.
- SUPP. - Adding Suppressor to M9, MP443, M1911 and G18. Adding Suppressor and Laser Sight to G17C and .44 Magnum.
- S-TACT. - Adding both Tactical Light and Suppressor to M1911.
- SCOPED - Adding PK-A sight to .44 Magnum.
Battlefield 4[]
Battlefield 4 featured weapon variants for Battle Pickups. These variants generally feature minor attachment differences (commonly optics), as players cannot modify the attachments of Battle Pickups. Examples include:
Battlefield 1[]
In Battlefield 1, weapon variants replace the weapon customization systems seen in Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, packaging several weapon mods into a single variant.
Most multiplayer weapons in Battlefield 1 feature 3 weapon variants. DLC weapons and Class Rank 10 weapons usually have fewer variants. Pistol-caliber carbines and handguns generally have no variants — while most pistol-caliber carbines in-game are modified handguns, they are fully distinct weapons gameplaywise.
Some weapons may have additional variants found only in singleplayer. Some weapons feature exclusive variants available from Booster Packs (e.g. Red Baron's P08). Kills made using these variants are not counted towards the progress required for assignments or Codex Entries.
Weapon variants are indicated by different suffixes behind weapons, while Booster Pack weapon variants are indicated by prefixed names. Weapon variant suffixes during Battlefield 1 alpha used a two-letter acronym system.
Factory[]
Factory (- FA during Alpha) is the base variant for many weapons, primarily SMGs and Self-Loading Rifles. These variants have no attachments and regain accuracy quicker. They are often the first variant unlocked.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MP 18 | Singleplayer only (unnamed base variant is the Trench variant). | |
| Automatico M1918 | This basic SMG pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to lower weight. | |
| Hellriegel 1915 | Due to its relatively high weight, this SMG pattern offers low recoil while firing. | |
| Ribeyrolles 1918 | Equipped with bipod. | |
| SMG 08/18 | ||
| RSC SMG | ||
| Model 10-A | This basic shotgun pattern quickly regains accuracy due to lower weight. | |
| Sjögren Inertial | ||
| Model 1900 | This basic shotgun pattern quickly regains accuracy due to lower weight. | |
| Cei-Rigotti | This basic self-loading rifle pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to lower weight. | |
| Selbstlader M1916 | ||
| M1907 SL | ||
| Autoloading 8 | Chambered in .35. | |
| Selbstlader 1906 | Despite being a basic rifle pattern, this weapon offers high aimed accuracy. | |
| RSC 1917 | This basic self-loading rifle pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to lower weight. | |
| General Liu Rifle | Despite being a basic rifle pattern, this weapon offers high aimed accuracy. | |
| Howell Automatic | This basic self-loading rifle pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to lower weight. | Equipped with bipod. |
Trench[]
Trench (- TR during Alpha) is a variant for multiple weapon classes. In most cases, it applies a Foregrip and improves hip fire.
For Single-Action Rifles, there are only two cases: Russian 1895 Trench and the Carcano M91 Carbine, which, despite its name, is a Trench variant. For Single-Action Rifles, Trench variants are a mixture of both Factory and Carbine, having improved hipfire/lower recoil increase of a Carbine, but the aim down sight while moving spread and spread decrease is identical to Infantry variants.
While the base variant of the M1917 Trench Carbine doesn't have Trench as a suffix, it is functionally a trench variant.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MP 18 | This SMG pattern offers improved accuracy when hip firing, making it well suited for clearing out trenches. | |
| Automatico M1918 | ||
| Annihilator | ||
| M1917 Trench Carbine | ||
| Cei-Rigotti | Equipped with a vertical fore grip, this self-loading rifle pattern offers improved accuracy when hip firing. | |
| M1907 SL | ||
| Fedorov Avtomat | ||
| Madsen MG | Equipped with a vertical foregrip, this LMG pattern offers improved accuracy when hip firing. | |
| BAR M1918 | ||
| Burton LMR | ||
| Russian 1895 | This rifle pattern offers a faster action at the cost of reduced damage. | Caliber change, modified damage profile, improved hip fire, higher fire rate, can operate action while aiming down sights |
| Carcano M91 Carbine | This basic rifle pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to reduced weight. It can be zeroed for 75, 150 and 300 meters. |
Storm[]
Storm (- LI during Alpha, Light Infantry during Beta) variants have foregrips and have improved ADS Accuracy when moving.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Automatico M1918 | Equipped with a vertical fore grip, this SMG pattern offers reduced recoil while firing. | |
| Annihilator | ||
| Maschinenpistole M1912/P.16 | ||
| Mondragón | Equipped with a vertical fore grip, this self-loading rifle pattern offers reduced recoil while firing. | |
| General Liu Rifle | ||
| Farquhar-Hill | ||
| M1909 Benét-Mercié | Equipped with a vertical foregrip, this LMG pattern offers reduced recoil while firing. | |
| Madsen MG | ||
| MG15 n.A. | ||
| BAR M1918 |
Optical[]
Optical (- AR during Alpha, Artillery during Beta) variants offer lens sight optics and in some cases an additional foregrip.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MP 18 | Equipped with a lens sight, this SMG pattern offers improved aimed accuracy. | |
| Ribeyrolles 1918 | Equipped with bipod. | |
| SMG 08/18 | Equipped with a lens sight, this SMG pattern offers improved aimed accuracy. | |
| RSC SMG | ||
| Cei-Rigotti | Equipped with a lens sight and vertical fore grip, this self-loading rifle pattern offers improved aimed accuracy. | |
| Selbstlader M1916 | ||
| Mondragón | ||
| RSC 1917 | ||
| Fedorov Avtomat | ||
| Farquhar-Hill | ||
| Lewis Gun | Equipped with a lens sight and vertical foregrip, this LMG pattern offers improved aimed accuracy. | |
| M1909 Benét-Mercié | ||
| Huot Automatic | ||
| Burton LMR |
Marksman[]
Marksman (- SH during Alpha, Sharpshooter during Beta) is a variant for Self-Loading Rifles and Single-Action Rifles. On Self-Loading Rifles, the variant attaches a High-powered scope and a foregrip.
On Single-Action Rifles, the variant attaches a medium-powered Telescopic Sight and Palm Rest (the latter except for the Mosin-Nagant M91 and Ross MkIII), the Marksman rifle have low power scopes for medium range engagements. They have very little sway and can be "steadied" to have no sway if need be. Originally, they do not have Scope Glint until the Weapons Crate Update in May 2018. When firing, one must unzoom to pull back the bolt with the exception of the Ross MkIII and Gewehr M.95 due to their straight pull nature.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Selbstlader M1916 | Equipped with a telescopic sight and vertical fore grip, this self-loading rifle pattern improves aimed accuracy while stationary. | Self-loading rifle. |
| Autoloading 8 | Self-loading rifle. Chambered in .35. | |
| SMLE MKIII | Equipped with a telescopic sight and palm rest, this rifle pattern offers longer stability. It can be zeroed for 75, 150 and 300 meters. | Single-action rifle. |
| Gewehr 98 | ||
| Gewehr M.95 | ||
| M1903 | ||
| Mosin-Nagant M91 | Equipped with a telescopic sight, this rifle pattern offers longer stability. It can be zeroed for 75, 150 and 300 meters. | |
| Ross MkIII |
Sniper[]
Sniper (- MA during Alpha, Marksman during Beta) is a variant for single-action and self-loading rifles. They feature high-powered scopes and a bipod, and are generally for longer range engagements. They have sway to them and can be steadied for a brief time or by deploying the bipod. As with the marksman rifle one must unzoom in order to re-chamber the bullet. Additionally, they do show Scope glint.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mondragón | Equipped with a bipod and telescopic sight, this self-loading rifle pattern offers improved accuracy over long distance. | Self-loading rifle. |
| Selbstlader 1906 | ||
| Howell Automatic | Self-loading rifle. | |
| Gewehr 98 | Equipped with a bipod and telescopic sight, this rifle pattern offers improved accuracy over long distance. It can be zeroed for 75, 150 and 300 meters. | Single-action rifle. |
| Russian 1895 | ||
| M1903 | ||
| Martini-Henry | ||
| Lebel Model 1886 |
Backbored[]
Backbored (Light Infantry during development)[4] is a variant for shotguns. It reduces the recoil of shotguns.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| M97 Trench Gun | Equipped with larger internal diameter barrel, this shotgun pattern offers reduced recoil at the cost of quicker damage drop. | |
| 12g Automatic |
Hunter[]
Hunter (- HU during Alpha) is a variant for shotguns. It applies a Tight choke for shotguns.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| M97 Trench Gun | Equipped with a choke on the barrel, this shotgun pattern offers improved accuracy and effective range. | |
| Model 10-A | ||
| 12g Automatic |
Slug[]
Slug (- HE during Alpha, Heavy during Beta) is a variant for shotguns. It replaces the shotgun’s normal buckshot with slugs.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Model 10-A | Equipped with a lens sight and firing slugs instead of buckshot, this shotgun pattern offers improved accuracy and range at the cost of raw damage. | Also attaches lens sight optics. |
| Sjögren Inertial | Also attaches lens sight optics. | |
| Model 1900 | Firing slugs instead of buckshot, this shotgun pattern offers improved accuracy and range at the cost of raw damage. |
Extended[]
Extended (Special during development)[4] is a variant for the 12g Automatic and the Autoloading 8. It extends the capacity of the weapons' magazines.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 12g Automatic | Equipped with an extended tube magazine, this shotgun pattern offers increased magazine capacity. | Capacity raised from 4 + 1 to 6 + 1. |
| Autoloading 8 | This configuration is chambered for a smaller caliber cartridge and equipped with a detachable extended magazine. | Magazine capacity raised from 5 to 15 + 1. Reserve capacity raised from 65 + 5 to 64 + 16. Magazine made detachable and no longer uses stripper clip reload mechanics. Chambered in .25, resulting in different damage and recoil model. |
Low Weight[]
Low Weight is a variant for Light Machine Guns. It attaches a Bipod.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Gun | Equipped with a bipod, this basic LMG pattern will quickly regain accuracy due to lower weight. | |
| Madsen MG | ||
| MG15 n.A. | ||
| Huot Automatic | ||
| Chauchat | ||
| Parabellum MG14/17 | ||
| Perino Model 1908 | ||
| M1917 MG | ||
| lMG 08/18 |
Telescopic[]
Telescopic (- GU during Alpha, Gunner during Beta) is a variant for Light Machine Guns. It attaches a Bipod and a Medium-powered sight.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| M1909 Benét-Mercié | Equipped with a bipod and telescopic sight, this LMG pattern offers improved accuracy over long distance. | |
| BAR M1918 | ||
| Chauchat | Equipped with a bipod and telescopic sight, this LMG pattern offers improved accuracy over long distance. | |
| M1917 MG |
Suppressive[]
Suppressive (- SU during Alpha, Suppressor during Beta) is a variant for Light Machine Guns. It offers an Extended Magazine, a Bipod, and a Suppressive sight.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Gun | Equipped with a bipod and extended magazine, this LMG pattern offers improved suppressive capability. | |
| MG15 n.A. | ||
| Parabellum MG14/17 | Equipped with a bipod and mid range scope, this LMG pattern offers improved suppressive capability. | Does not offer extend magazine size |
| lMG 08/18 | Equipped with a bipod and extended magazine, this LMG pattern offers improved suppressive capability. |
Infantry[]
Infantry (Rifleman during Beta) is a variant for Single-Action Rifles. It is an analogue to Factory variants, and feature no optics, with iron sights (although one can opt out infavor of Radium Sights if one desires). In general they feature quicker spread and recoil recovery and aiming down speed over their counterparts. They can also operate action while aiming down sights.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
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| SMLE MKIII | This basic rifle pattern regains accuracy more quickly due to reduced weight. It can be zeroed for 75, 150 and 300 meters. | |
| Gewehr 98 | ||
| Russian 1895 | ||
| Gewehr M.95 | ||
| Martini-Henry | ||
| Lebel Model 1886 | ||
| Mosin-Nagant M91 | ||
| Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 | ||
| Type 38 Arisaka | ||
| Ross MkIII | ||
| M1917 Enfield |
Carbine[]
Carbine (- CA during Alpha) is a variant for Single-Action Rifles. They possess a Lens Sight and are always a shorter carbine version of the base rifle-sized weapon. Carbines generally have a slower ADS time and more recoil compared to its infantry counterpart, but have improved spread handling while moving in both ADS and hipfire. They can also operate action while aiming down sights.
While the base version of the Carcano M91 Carbine is named with a Carbine suffix, it is functionally a Trench variant.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SMLE MKIII | This rifle pattern has been shortened to improve mobility in medium range engagements. It is zeroed for 75 meters. | |
| Gewehr M.95 | ||
| Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 |
Sweeper[]
Sweeper (- AU during Alpha, Automatic during Beta for M1907 SL; Assault for M97 Trench Gun during development)[4] is a variant for the M1907 SL and the M97 Trench Gun. It has different properties for the two weapons but has the same shared effect of improving hip fire potency.
A Sweeper variant for the Howdah Pistol is exclusive to DICE employees in the base game. It is usable by all players in Community Test Environment, as well as in singleplayer.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
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| M97 Trench Gun | Equipped with a duckbill choke on the barrel and firing smaller buckshot pellets, this shotgun pattern offers higher close range damage at the price of quicker damage drop. | Attaches Wide choke. |
| M1907 SL | Modified for fully automatic fire and equipped with a vertical fore grip, this self-loading rifle pattern is well suited for assaulting. | Attaches Foregrip, adds automatic fire mode, improves hip fire |
| Howdah Pistol | Developer-only in normal multiplayer, but available to all players in CTE and in singleplayer. Fires shotgun shells instead of bullets. |
Experimental[]
The Experimental variant is a unique variant to a few weapons, offering unique weapon trait to that specific weapon.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MP 18 | Equipped with a lens sight and a three round burst trigger group, this SMG pattern offers improved aimed accuracy and reduced recoil. | Locked to three round burst mode. Magazine capacity reduced from 32 to 30, reserve capacity reduced from 96 to 90. Increased accuracy and recoil control but lowered hip fire accuracy. |
| Maschinenpistole M1912/P.16 | Locked to two round burst mode. Equipped with lens sight. | |
| M1903 | An M1903 rifle modified for use with an experimental device, converting it to fire in semi-auto with pistol ammunition. | Attaches the Pedersen device, converting the weapon into a pistol-caliber semi-automatic weapon. Damage, rate of fire, ballistics, recoil and spread profile are all modified, magazine capacity extended from 5 to 40 + 1 and made detachable. Has special K Bullets animation involving removing the Pedersen device. |
Defensive[]
Defensive is a variant for the Hellriegel 1915 and the Perino Model 1908. It applies a bipod (tripod for the Perino) and a lens sight, making them more suited for defensive purposes.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
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| Hellriegel 1915 | Equipped with a bipod and extended magazine, this SMG pattern offers improved firepower when deployed but is less stable when unsupported. | Also has Extended Magazine and higher recoil |
| Perino Model 1908 | This LMG variant features a tripod and optical sights for better visibility of targets at mid range. |
Cavalry[]
Cavalry is a special variant exclusive to the Russian 1895, and exclusive to the Cavalry class only. It cannot be customized and always has the following properties: modified damage profile, faster muzzle velocity, faster recovery, wider spread, can operate action while aiming down sights.
| Weapon | Additional Notes |
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| Russian 1895 |
Silenced/Silencer[]
Silenced is a special variant exclusive to the M1917 Enfield. It fits a suppressor onto the rifle, reducing the weapon's sound and muzzle flash. A high-powered sniper scope is attached to the weapon. Due to the suppressor, the M1917 Enfield Silenced cannot equip either a bayonet or a bipod. Additionally, they do show Scope glint.
In singleplayer, the C96 pistol and the M1903 also has their own Silencer variant.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
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| M1917 Enfield | This rifle pattern is equipped with a telescopic sight and a silencer to reduce muzzle report and flash. | |
| M1911 | ||
| M1903 | Can be found in singleplayer, attached with a medium-powered telescopic scope. Available only to developers in multiplayer. | |
| C96 | Can be found in singleplayer. |
Patrol[]
Available for the M1917 Trench Carbine, Type 38 Arisaka and the Carcano M91. Features a medium powered scope and improved accuracy when moving. The Type 38 Arisaka and Carcano M91 do show Scope glint.
| Weapon | In-game description | Additional Notes |
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| M1917 Trench Carbine | ||
| Type 38 Arisaka | Equipped with a mid-power telescopic sight, this pattern offers improved accuracy when moving. | |
| Carcano M91 |
Export[]
The Export is a special developer-only variant for the C96 in the base game. It can be used by all players in the CTE. It is chambered in a different cartridge, giving it a different damage model.
| Weapon | Additional Notes |
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| C96 | Developer-only in normal multiplayer, but available to all players in CTE. |
Auto[]
Unique to the Frommer Stop, it converts the weapon to full auto, increases the rate of fire significantly, and applies an extended magazine.
| Weapon | Additional Notes |
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| Frommer Stop |
Standard Issue Rifles[]
Standard Issue Rifles are available when the corresponding gamemode is turned on in servers. Each faction has a representative rifle, which is functionally identical to the Infantry version, but is treated as a different weapon to all the other variants. On servers that mix Standard Issue Rifles and regular weapons, these are identifiable by their lack of a suffix, however, Service Stars obtained with them will have the suffix "Standard Issue".
| Weapon | Faction and Additional Notes |
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| Gewehr M.95 |  Austro-Hungarian Empire
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| Gewehr 98 |  German Empire,  Ottoman Empire
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| Russian 1895 |  Kingdom of ItalyCavalry version available to all factions |
| SMLE MKIII |  British Empire,  Royal Marines
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| M1903 |  United States
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| Lebel Model 1886 |  French RepublicHas different Iron sights to Infantry version |
| Mosin-Nagant M91 |  Russian Empire, White Army,  Red Army
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Battlefield V[]
Battlefield V featured weapon variants for secondary weapons. Having cosmetic variants (including P38 Pistol Red Devil, Ruby Red Devil and M1911 Silver Plated) and Suppressed variant with the suppressor on M1911 and PPK.
Trivia[]
Battlefield Heroes[]
- Stolen and Pilfered weapons carry the same animations as their original versions to the soldiers, resulting in mismatched animation sets for the characters, including the firing angle of the weapon. Despite this, the bullets still originate from the same location upon the body.
Battlefield 1[]
- The Suppressive variant was originally known as the Suppressor variant. The name was likely changed to avoid confusion with the sound suppressor, which the variant does not have.
- Backbored refers to a shotgun modification known as "backboring", where the weapon's barrel interior diameter is increased with tools, lowering the barrel pressure and shortening the shot string.
- The Ottoman Empire originally used the Martini-Henry as its Standard Issue Rifle, but this was changed in the October 2017 Update for balance.
- The Mosin-Nagant M91 does not appear in the "Standard Issue Rifles" section of the "Weapons & Gadgets" menu and is only viewable inside a game.