Bar bipod?

[vital marlin]

Would there be any possibility of enabling the bipod of the bar?

[tidal python]

Having BAR with Bipod for MG and being able to select firemode would certainly be nice

[small gust]

What I would like is for the BAR to have the faster rate of fire for the automatic rifleman whilst the MG role gets the slower rate of fire with the Bipod

[tidal python]

or maybe instead we could get ✨ f i r e m o d e s e l e c t ✨ for all guns that should have it

[frank lichen]

American bar hadn't have bipod but in polisch army bar had

[tidal python]

From what I am aware they did have it, it was just not very popular in Europe so most people opted not to have it

[vital marlin]

Also something that I think would be good is to add the bar to the gunner class since it has only one variant, and at least add the bipod there

[fossil matrix]

It was issued with a bipod but many GIs removed it. I’m guessing because it was heavy(regardless though I think the machine gunner BAR loadout needs a buff and I’d like for it to be directly to the BAR)

[small gust]

I agree. Especially since guns like the STG 44 where designed to further emphasize the use of a fire selector

[frank lichen]

Poles just have very modified bar
Check on google bar and next bar wz28

[terse parrot]

My 2 cents:
Adding the bipod to the BAR in the MG class would make sense, and add situational versatility while staying within the realm of historical accuracy. This would also encourage squads to emphasize the suppression mechanic during offensive or flanking maneuvers in a way that doesn’t compromise mobility. I’d love the bipod on all models of the BAR, but it specifically makes sense in the MG role.

[young gorge]

@terse parrot Agree, BAR in mg class does not make any difference to automatic rifleman class so at the moment that loadout is basicly useless.

[slender jasper]

🥜

[real flint]

Not all guns in the game have firemode selectors so only include them for the ones that do like the BAR, StG 44, the upcoming STEN and MP28/Lanchester, M1A1 Thompson PPsH 41 and MG34 (I can't think of anymore) I can think of 2 automatic weapons without firemode selectors like the MG42 and the M3 Grease Gun

[tidal python]

yeah
"All guns that should have it"

[terse parrot]

Just for tracking (while I agree it is a relevant issue and needs discussion) we should probly keep the fire selection issue in its own thread for visibility and simplicity of the devs to follow - I was going to start talking about the upcoming Bren bipod (automatic rifleman class for Brits), but didn’t want to water down this thread with issues that don’t belong here.