It has an incorrect 32-round capacity, which was that of the later MP28. It is identified by its round charging handle. The SIG M1920, named as its predecessor "MP18" in-game, is the standard weapon for the Japanese and Russian Medic classes. Some of the expansion maps feature suppressed SMGs, for variety's sake. SMGs have identical stopping power (which is realistically depicted as identical to the handguns), so the only real difference between them is their capacity. Submachine guns are the mainstay of Battlefield's Medic Class. He is preparing to rack the slide he is not applauding the empty tank before him. The main sidearms for the Italians and Japanese were the Beretta M1935 and Nambu Type 14 respectively.Ī US Army Ranger, likely a member of the 101st Airborne, finishes the reload animation for his 1911. It is the standard pistol for all Axis forces, including the German, Italian, and Japanese forces, despite Japan never issuing it to their forces. The Walther P38 appears in the game with black grips and a silver finish. This animation shows the weapon immediately locking back at the start of the reload (the weapon's slide is always forwards when idle), the player character then replacing the magazines, the slide popping back in upon loading in the magazine, and ending with the player character giving the slide a rack.
This is in practice purely cosmetic, as both sidearms are statistically identical, having the same damage, same 8-round capacity (technically incorrect for the M1911), same rate of fire, same accuracy, and even the same animations (including the always-double action only hammer animation error). Unlike many modern first person shooters, Battlefield treats handguns as a part of a player's "kit" and therefore switching to another faction's kit (i.e., playing as the Red Army, killing a German sniper, and stealing his rifle) will result in changing handguns. Some weapons for some reason feature left-handed bolts.īeing a 2002 video game, there is only one reload animation per weapon, and no tracking of chambered rounds like later Battlefield games.
The first DLC, Road to Rome focuses heavily on the Italian campaign and introduces the forces of the Free French and Fascist Italy. The base game follows the main theaters of World War II, focusing primarily on the Americans, British, and Soviet forces (patches later added a mission for Canada as well) facing off against the Axis powers, Germany and Japan. The first game in the hugely successful Battlefield series, Battlefield: 1942 was released in 2002 for the PC, with two expansion packs ( The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WWII) following later.