Bren Gun

[Dougal]

Can anyone else not deploy the bipod on the bren? if you can't thats pretty terrible since you can visually see it lol

[9 Of Swords]

you can't

[North_Dumpling]

Skill issue

[TinyTimidFluffyBunny]

and when you fire the bullets go everywhere ...useless ...a real disgrace , shame on you team 17.

[Sergeant Angua]

It's been treated very much like the B.A.R. which is "okay" I guess, enjoy having a 30-round semi-auto rifle; but yeah weird we can't use the Bi-Pod when its right on there.

[Dougal]

Originally posted by Sergeant Angua:

It's been treated very much like the B.A.R. which is "okay" I guess, enjoy having a 30-round semi-auto rifle; but yeah weird we can't use the Bi-Pod when its right on there.

I agree it has been treated like a B A R but at the same time it handles more like the lewis gun than a B A R. It doesnt seem as universal

[Motokomando]

BAR and Bren without bipod are useless.

[Towelie420]

I think its all about glorious BALANCE blah blah.. MG Class Bren Bipod MG Class BAR should have it too. Bar should have clyclic rate gas adjustment to slow it down for more controlled fire. for that matter. No doubt we could sit here and compile one helluva ♥♥♥♥♥ list :P

[HoyBoi]

The BREN came with bipods stock from the factory. It was not meant to be utilized properly without it. It is not very controllable right now, and the brits desperately need some sort of buff to compensate for the lack of semi-auto rifles. Giving the BREN a functional bipod could help.

[Sikshoota]

Funny thing is that the Bren was/is well known to be one of the most accurate LMG's of ww2...of course that wouldv've been with the bipod deployed. Using it ingame is, as mentioned, hard to control with anything more than a single round trigger squeeze which is very difficult to do, yes, like the BAR.

[Meddle92]

Originally posted by KapNKush:

I think its all about glorious BALANCE blah blah.. MG Class Bren Bipod MG Class BAR should have it too. Bar should have clyclic rate gas adjustment to slow it down for more controlled fire. for that matter. No doubt we could sit here and compile one helluva ♥♥♥♥♥ list :P

The BAR in this game is already stuck on slow fire. The problem with the BAR is that the damage is sub par compared to the garand. It's much easier to line up a 1 shot garand kill than it is to line up the BAR then pump 2 rounds in succession into a target. The BAR right now is only really good at close range where it's outperformed by every submachinegun. The Bren is just the BAR 2.0 and it's even harder to use because the sights are absolute trash.

[Ol'Jonesy]

The BAR had a bipod, but it was prone to breaking and causing issues. If you look at pictures, the vast majority of veteran BAR autorifleman removed the bipod as they found it more trouble than it was worth.

The BREN however, is not, nor was it ever intended to be used without a bipod, in fact, it's a masterfully well designed feature of the gun. I have a Bren MkII and it's EXCELLENT in every way. There is a reason the BAR was phased out after Korea and the BREN continued among front line troops into the 90s. It's an absolute superb weapon.

As the ww2 training videos stated, "The Bren is capable of suppressive fire, but unlike other LMGs, the BREN was designed to KILL. If you can see your target, then with the BREN, you can and should KILL your target. Supress when needed, but killing the enemy is the goal."

And the gun was extremely good at it's role.

[varuflur]

both were made with bipod . the reason they got rid of the bar was the us had a major ammo change and it did not fit with new doctrine

[Dissident]

Yeah honestly it feels like the developers have no idea how this gun was used, or they just don't care,so much for all that talk about historical accuracy huh?

Also the idea you could shoot the bren gun the way you would shoot a rife is just...what in the world,I mean yes...you can if you are a VERY strong man,but it sure as hell was not meant to be fired like that or used as such.

And yes you could hip fire it...but you sure as hell needed to brace it first.