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Update #50 brought along a Bren gun, more specifically the Mk2 variant. Due to the fact that bipods were being updated and tuned at the time of Update #50's release, the variant added instead was one with a shortened barrel and no bipod or carrying handle, with the standard variant added later, in the eleventh alpha of Update #52.
The 2018 4th of July Update (more formally known as Update #56) added a modified Browning M2HB, known as the "M2 Tombstone". It has a shortened barrel, and is fitted with a pair of top-mounted grips and a bracket for fitting an belt box; the latter serves as its namesake, with the weapon feeding from the 200-round tombstone-shaped ammo cans more normally associated with M2s in AA mounts. The icing on this incredibly absurd cake is the American flag paintjob on the receiver, for that extra patriotic flavor.
Included in the 11th alpha build of Update #52, the Degtyaryov DP-28 comes in both full-length and shortened variants, as with the earlier WW2-era LMGs.
Update #52 brought along the game's first two belt-fed weapons, the first being the FN M249 SAW, specifically the E2 variant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFN M249-E2 SAW - 5.56x45mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingAt long last, they're finally here. Praise be to our lord and savior Anton; his ways are mysterious, and his gifts many.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAdmiring the much-awaited M249.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAttaching a 200-round belt box.Error creating thumbnail: File missingPopping open the feed tray cover. Upon the update's release, there was a rather amusing bug wherein optics placed on the cover's top rail wouldn't move with it, leaving them floating in mid-air above the bolt; this has since been fixed..Error creating thumbnail: File missingPulling the belt out of the box...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...before pausing for a closer look. This reveals that the belt contains one tracer for every 4 normal FMJ rounds, a common setup among belt-fed machine guns, as it makes it far easier to tell where the gun is firing. This is also pretty much the furthest the belt can be pulled out of the box (and you can't do it unless you attach the box to the gun first), presumably to not drive the CPU mad from trying to calculate the physics on a long, loose belt of ammo.Error creating thumbnail: File missingInspection break over, the loading process is resumed, with the belt being placed into the feed tray.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe feed tray cover is then closed...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...and the weapon's rather arduous reloading procedure is concluded with a pull of the charging handle.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCelebrating the conclusion of this process with a burst of 5.56mm rounds.Error creating thumbnail: File missingBelatedly realizing that he forgot his hearing protection, our now rather shaken-up protagonist affixes a SilencerCo Osprey suppressor onto the M249.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLaying down some suppressed suppressive fire.Error creating thumbnail: File missingYet another one of the weapon's many impressive details; when it is inverted, the belt visibly sags due to gravity. Or rather, it's supposed to look like it's due to gravity; this is actually coded based on the orientation of the weapon itself, because having it rely solely on physics would have disastrous effects on the user's CPU.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter an innumerable amount of rounds, the M249's belt begins to visibly dwindle.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIt is at this point that the belt box can simply be removed.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFurthermore, if the feed tray is opened, then the belt can be removed separately, which causes it to compress itself into the small, convenient ball of ammunition seen here, which can be placed into the gun and causing it to transform into a belt again. This idiosyncrasy is once again because of CPU limitations (notice how the belt is never let loose at any point in the simulation), and these mechanics are used on all belt-feds with exposed belts in this game.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFed up with a creepy German constantly asking him about a mission report, our protagonist loads a 100-round Surefire quad-stack magazine into the M249's emergency STANAG magazine well.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFortunately for him, this proves to be far more useful in-game than in reality; the M249's STANAG well is notoriously unreliable, and attempts to use it frequently result in jamming.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHe then discovers that the bipod seems to be slightly broken...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...before shrugging and just deciding to roll with it. Note: this was a pre-release bug, and was fixed by the time that Update #52 was released.
Gatling Gun
An 1800s-era Gatling Gun was added to the Wurstworld scene in Update #43, though there were indications of its not-present presence when the mode was first released. Update #56 (the 2018 4th of July Update) added a handheld version (chambered in .45-70), rather affectionately nicknamed "Hand Crank Frank".
A T2-style handheld General Dynamics GAU-17/A is one of the firearms added in the 2016 Meatmas update, arguably the most fun, and indisputably the most absurd. While logically implausible, it does have one curious "realistic" touch - attempting to fire the weapon one-handed will cause it to spontaneously eject itself from the user's hand and go flying backwards under recoil; this has less to do with realism and more to do with the fact that protracted one-handed fire of a minigun would wreak havoc on the physics engine - not to mention the performance implications of firing two miniguns at once.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingGeneral Dynamics GAU-17/A, US Air Force version of the M134 Minigun - 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingAirsoft handheld M134 minigun - (fake) 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingA quick trip to the Sampler Platter intro scene's Dessert Table reveals some very tasty offerings indeed.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAdmiring the GAU-17, with its great-grandfather photobombing in the background.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAmmunition comes in the form of these belt boxes. These are good for a few seconds of continuous fire; unlike many fictional miniguns, which have drastically lowered fire rates, H3's GAU-17 chews through ammo at a rate of 2,700 RPM (1 round every frame, at a standardized framerate of 90 FPS), which is well within the GAU's ROF range of 2-6,000 RPM.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFor convenience's sake, the tracer-filled belt saves the user the trouble of pushing through the flexible feed chute and just feeds itself through automatically.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSpinning up the minigun. In retrospect, this might not have been the most purposeful thing to screenshot.Error creating thumbnail: File missingDescending, unrelenting, beauty of annihilation...Error creating thumbnail: File missingA decent few seconds of sustained fire will leave the GAU-17's barrels looking like this. This is rather strange, considering how one of the main advantages of a rotary barrel system is that it's far more resistant to overheating; if a gun's barrel looks like this, then the user should be seriously worried. In-game, however, it has no effect on the gun's performance, and is purely for the sake of making the weapon more satisfying to use.
M1918A2 BAR
Update #50 added an M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle to H3. For the same reasons as the Bren gun's changes, the BAR included with the update also has a shortened barrel without a carrying handle or bipod. Update #52's 11th alpha build added the full-length version.
Interestingly, the shortened variant is rather reminiscent of Clyde Barrow's cut-down BAR, though that weapon was actually an original M1918, rather than an A2, and had a shortened stock as well as a truncated barrel. The version in H3 is also clearly meant to be an A2, considering the safe-slow-fast selector.
The RPK is one of the numerous firearms added in the first Meatmas update. At the time, it was actually referred to as a Vepr-3V, the civilian semi-auto version of the RPK, but Update #32 changed it into a military full-auto model. It was then removed in Update #52 for rebuilding, and hasn't been heard from since.
