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Battlefield: 1943
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Battlefield: 1943 is a first-person shooter developed by Swedish game developer DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is a Spin-Off offside the main series which only features the Pacific Theater of World War Two with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The game includes 4 maps (Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and the Coral Sea).
Some of the weapons (Colt, Nambu Pistol, Thompson, Type 100, M1 Garand and the Type 5 mock-up rifle) were reused in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
The following weapons appear in the video game Battlefield: 1943:
Overview
There are three classes in Battlefield: 1943: Rifleman, Infantry, and Scout. Weapon selection is very limited in 1943, with each class having only one set loadout and no alternate options, and the equivalent weapons of both teams being statistically identical.
Rifleman uses battle rifles, and have access to 3 rifle grenades, 2 hand grenades, and also a mounted bayonet. Infantry uses submachine guns and has access to an anti-tank rocket launcher as a secondary weapon, a wrench to repair friendly vehicles, and 2 hand grenades. Scout uses sniper rifles, and have access to a secondary pistol, dynamite bundles, and a melee weapon.
Hanguns
Colt M1911A1
The M1911A1 is the sidearm of the American Scout. It is incorrectly portrayed as firing from an uncocked hammer, which stays uncocked even if the first round has been fired or if the gun's slide has been pulled back while reloading.
Nambu Type 14
The Nambu Type 14 is the sidearm of the Japanese Scout. It incorrectly holds 7 rounds in-game instead of 8, likely to balance it out with the M1911A1. The reload animation is somewhat strange; while the cocking piece doesn't lock back, the bolt itself (visible through the ejection port) does, despite the cocking piece being a permanent, fixed part of the bolt.
Submachine Guns
M1928 Thompson
The M1928 Thompson is the standard weapon for the American Infantry. It has a 30 round magazine.
Type 100
The early variant of the Type 100 submachine gun is the standard weapon for the Japanese Infantry.
Battle Rifles
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the standard weapon for the American Rifleman.
Type 5 Rifle (M1 Garand mock-up)
An M1 Garand modified to stand-in for the rare Japanese Type 5 Rifle copy of the Garand is the standard weapon for the Japanese Rifleman. It is clearly a modified version of the M1 Garand model, featuring the clip latch and M1 Garand-styled rear sight that the real Type 5 lacks. The differences between the models include modified iron sights, thicker wood furniture (especially around the trigger), different wood texture, and a Japanese Chrysanthemum Seal added to the receiver.
Being a remodeled weapon copy, its animations are completely identical to the M1 Garand, meaning uses the M1 Garand 8-round en-bloc clip instead of stripper clips it uses in real life.
Sniper Rifles
M1903 Springfield
The M1903 Springfield is the standard weapon for the American Scout.
Karabiner 98k
Due to budget and time restraints on DICE's part, they could not model the Arisaka Type 97 or Type 99 and instead gave the Japanese Scout Class a German scoped Karabiner 98ks. Its animations are shared with the M1903's.
Launchers
M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher
The Riflemanclass of both faction can use the M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher. The Type 100 Grenade Launcher were more accurate for the Japanese, but at least the Type 97 grenade is the rifle grenade for them.
M18 Recoilless Rifle
The M18 Recoilless Rifle is the secondary weapon for both the American and Japanese Infantry classes.
Grenades & Explosives
Dynamite
Dynamite bundles are usable by Scouts.
Mk 2 hand grenade
The Mk 2 hand grenade is the standard hand grenade of the USMC in the game. It is used by the Infantry and Rifleman classes, who both carry two.
Type 97 Hand Grenade
Type 97 hand grenade is the standard hand grenade of the IJN in the game. It is used by the Infantry and Rifleman classes, who both carry two.
Mounted Weapons
40mm Bofors AA Gun
Bofors 40mm AA guns are useable by the player.
Browning M1919A4
Browning M1919A4 is found as the emplaced machine gun of both factions. The Browning is mounted in bunkers, towers, on Higgen boats, Jeep, Kurogane Type 95 scout cars, Sherman and Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. As its correct for the Americans, the Japanese would use the Type 3, Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun or as in BFV the Type 93 HMG.
Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun
The Type 97 Aircraft Machine Gun is the noise-mounted MG of Japanese Mitsuhbishi A6M "Zero" fighters.
Type 97 light machine gun
The Type 97 light machine gun is the secondary weapon of Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks.
Type 99 Cannon
The "Zeros" are also armed with two wing-mounted Type 99 cannons.
Unknown AA-Guns
The Aircraft carriers of both factions are armed with unusable AA-guns. The American side guns are two barreled while the Japanese are three barreled.