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Old 2004-07-17, 12:36 AM   [Ignore Me] #16
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but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.
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Old 2004-07-17, 12:38 AM   [Ignore Me] #17
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so, how long til they make a DC mod for the 1942 mod for bvf?
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Old 2004-07-17, 02:35 AM   [Ignore Me] #18
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Originally Posted by Everay
but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.
yea they had em. not very abundant (Im sure it will be in-game), but nonetheless they were there.
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Old 2004-07-17, 07:01 AM   [Ignore Me] #19
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so, how long til they make a DC mod for the 1942 mod for bvf?
No Desert Combat for BFV, DC .8 should be out within a month. They have been busy working on Battlefield 2.
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Old 2004-07-17, 08:30 AM   [Ignore Me] #20
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BTW, the gift was from DICE, not EA
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Old 2004-07-17, 09:25 AM   [Ignore Me] #21
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Originally Posted by Everay
but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.
Yes, AMERICA used flamethrowers. America's known for it's use of flamethrowers during the battle of Iwo Jima. (But then again, Flamethrowers weren't exactly the best back then. A flamethrower's life span was measured in seconds) Japan never used flamethrowers. Hell, Japan detested SMG's. Only about 100 Type 100's (or was it 101's? I don't remember) were issued, which were SMG's, because Japan didn't like SMG's.
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Old 2004-07-17, 09:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #22
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Why? Because Japanese ground tactics and equipment was retarded
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Old 2004-07-17, 12:14 PM   [Ignore Me] #23
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I believe their reasoning for not using SMG's was something along the lines of "A rifle's always worked for me, why do I have to switch to an SMG?" This probably caused the defeat in many battles. I mean, hell, as it was, America had a tough time with many battles (Iwo Jima comes to mind).

EDIT: Oh another thing, flamethrowers really didn't have much of a use during World War II. They were too cumbersome and easily killed (one shot to the back = dead, and everyone around him in a 10m radius)
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Old 2004-07-17, 12:29 PM   [Ignore Me] #24
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Seriously, in a realistic setting, when you are going for straight killing power, why go for short range flames, over longer range rifle?
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Old 2004-07-17, 12:55 PM   [Ignore Me] #25
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Flame throwers were used for clearing out caves in Iwo Jima. A very helpful weapon. Instead of charging in there and getting several men killed, you just fry them all.

There is really no point in arguing that BF isn't realistic, because it never was supposed to be, and never will be.
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Old 2004-07-17, 01:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #26
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BFV1942(or whatever it's called) will make alot of people realise why flamethrowers don't work in games like that. The 15 people runnning around causing fps rape and creating streams of death will get annoying
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Old 2004-07-17, 01:05 PM   [Ignore Me] #27
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I won't mind. Just more sniper bait for me.
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Old 2004-07-17, 01:08 PM   [Ignore Me] #28
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Originally Posted by Smaug
I won't mind. Just more sniper bait for me.
Try sniping at 3 fps
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Old 2004-07-17, 01:16 PM   [Ignore Me] #29
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You know when it comes out, EVERYONE'S gonna try out Ol' Flamey, I hope htey make it so if you get hit in the tank, you blow the fuck up./
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Old 2004-07-17, 01:23 PM   [Ignore Me] #30
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Originally Posted by Smaug
Flame throwers were used for clearing out caves in Iwo Jima. A very helpful weapon. Instead of charging in there and getting several men killed, you just fry them all.
Do you know what the strategy was for cave clearing in Iwo Jima? Three people, one armed with a flamethrower, one armed with a Thompson (I think, maybe an M3), and the last with a Garand, would move into position outside the cave entrance. They would use the flamer to fire into the cave opening, kill maybe one person max, then a Japanese rifleman would shoot the flamer, killing all three. Repeat about 20 times until you kill... the 5 japanese inside the cave.

So that's 60 people for only a handful of Japanese. The same job could be done the same, if not better, with grenades.
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