Battlefield: 1942

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Handguns

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. This is, in reality, purely cosmetic, as both sidearms are functionally the same.

Walther P38

The Walther P38 is the standart pistol of the German forces. It has black grips and a silver finish. Unpatched, it is also the standard handgun of the Imperial Japanese Army, despite Japan never issuing it to their forces. Statistically, it is identical to the Colt in all respects.

Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm

M1911

The M1911 (just referred as "Colt") is the standart sidearm for all Allied forces. It is highly incorrect, shown as a double-action handgun, and firing from an eight round magazine. While this would be possible when reloading with a round in the chamber, the player pulls back the slide whenever a reload is initiated. This is because it is just a reskin of the game's other handgun, inflicting the same damage, having the same capacity and rate of fire, and being just as accurate.

The pistol is the standard handgun of all American military forces, but is also seen in the hands of Commonwealth, Soviet, and Free French soldiers as well. While it's possible in the case of the Canadians and French, the British should be using a Webley revolver or Browning Hi Power (when playing as the SAS) and the Soviets instead fielded a completely different pistol.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Submachine Guns

Sten MK.II Submachine Gun

The Sten Mk.II Submachine Gun serves as an alternative for the British and as the standard for the Free French Forces Medic class in the expansion pack Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome. A suppressed version, the Sten Mk.IIS is also available in the expansion pack Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII for the SAS Medic class.

Sten Mk.II 9x19mm Parabellum

Sten Mk.IIS - 9x19mm Parabellum

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An SAS Medic holds a suppressed Sten during a raid on a German research facility in Secret Weapons of WWII.

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The same Medic "aims" his Sten, giving us a slightly better look at the weapon's model, including its apparently empty magazine.

Shotguns

Browning Automatic 5

Introduced in the expansion pack Secret Weapons of WWII, the Browning Automatic 5 is issued to the SAS Engineer class and is simply called "shotgun." It is the first shotgun in the series, and is extremely lethal in close quarters. Due to the game not having the ability to keep tracking individual shells (as the only other internally fed weapons are bolt action snipers with stripper clips), the A-5 has an extremely odd reload, wherein the player awkwardly tilts the weapon, apparently inserts a few shells, then pulls the charging lever; ammo is represented in full magazines, as it is for all other guns, and reloading from a non-empty magazine will result in lost shells.

The A5 is the most powerful close quarters weapon in the game, and is surprisingly lethal at range as well, often lethal from the chest up even at medium range.

Browning Automatic 5 - 12 gauge