The Pacific War 2: U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Weapons

[Ts4EVER]

and here it is.

[Johannes]

Score one for Pacific Assault!

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Originally Posted by Johannes

No Johnson rifles or LMGs, except BF1942 which, as has been pointed out, weirdly gave the Johnson M1941 LMG to the Canadians at Caen.

That's actually pretty accurate for most Marines to not include the Johnson Rifle or LMG...they were only used by special units.

Finally, this one has been eating away at me: What are the differences between the M1 and the M1A1 Bazooka, and when did the M1A1 enter service relative to the M1? During Operation Torch and for the beginning of the Tunisian campaign, wasn't the M1 the only version of the bazooka to exist?

The M1A1 entered service in 1943, and the M9 in 1944.


M1 Bazooka


M1A1 Bazooka. Front hand grip deleted, sights adjusted and provision for a blast shield added.


M9 Bazooka adopted in 1944. Tube could be broken down for transport, had a small generator instead of batteries for the electrical firing system, different shoulder piece.

[Archimonde0_0]

Originally Posted by Johannes

Agreed (though I would have personally integrated a form of balancing that made use of historical accuracy; this is another subject). Battlefield 1942 was never (stated in interviews) about historical accuracy, which is why I don't tend to poke fun at it when I point out the errors (as opposed to the way I trash Treyarch's efforts since, though they are more accurate than BF1942, all they do is constantly advertise and gloat about their attention to historical accuracy). But I never knew this about the diverse set of weapons thing. Do you have a link to an interview or something where they state these plans? I would love to see when they said so.

I just tried to go back to the interview with DICE where they stated their plans after 1.61b, unfortunately I got a 404 error, seems as though the web pages are long gone. But from what I can remember there was planned 1.61c which included more diverse weapon set for each nationality, unfortunately after BFV and soon later BF2 started being developed DICE abandoned the patch.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

I thought BFV was developed by DICE Canada while BF1942 was made by DICE Sweden?

[Archimonde0_0]

It doesnt matter, when word comes down from EA to stop spending money towards development of a game, they do.

[SJonni]

Flamethrower..mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

I have found a picture of Marines with a Boys Rifle, but no other info.

[Alakazou]

Look carefully

[Johannes]

I think an un-usable Boys rifle is in Medal of Honor Pacific Assault now that I think about it. I remember picking it up in the single player and thinking "What do I do with this?" I don't think it was used for anything in the game.