History VideoGame / Battlefield1

* The Sawed-off Shotgun has a special reload that pays homage to ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II''[='s=] Super Shotgun, right down to [[StylisticSuck deliberately jerky animation]]. Scope it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrhCeKVPzfI here]].

** Surely nobody would invent something as pointlessly tiny as the Kolibri pistol in real life. Is has to be something the devs made up as a joke, right? [[https://www.guns.com/news/2013/03/04/the-2mm-kolibri-the-worlds-smallest-centerfire-pistol-in-the-world No, and no.]]

** [[RuleOfThree Again from the same DLC]], there is also the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perino_Model_1908 Perino Model 1908]] heavy machine gun, unique for having a variant of the clip mechanism arguably superior to an ammo belt[[labelnote:*]]The clips were in an open box that obtained similar results to the belt, but a soldier would be able to place new clips on its top to keep continuous fire while the belt would have to be changed once spent. The belt could be reloaded faster once empty, but in the Perino the spent cases would be replaced in the clip and ejected with it, avoiding the spent clips getting underfoot or hitting troops and allowing easier recovery of the clips for reloading. It was also heavier[[/labelnote]], with the only issue, excessive weight, being solved by the inventor himself. [[labelnote:Unfortunatley]][[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Engineer Revelli, inventor of the more well-known Fiat-Revelli, was on commission to decide if the Perino would continue being produced]], and [[MegaCorp the Fiat company]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections possessed massive political power]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney and wealth]], so no one dared to say no to them, resulting in the Perino stopping production at 150 units initially commissioned.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Turning Tides'' also includes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_M1912#Repetierpistole_M1912/P16 the Repetierpistole_M1912/P16]], an automatic version of the Steyr M1912 pistol.

** Finally, Scout gets the [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns notorious]] Ross Rifle, from which the above mentioned Huot Automatic is built from.

** The final DLC, ''Apocalypse'', does not disappoint with its weapon selection.

** A smaller example than most, but the M1903 Infantry is only available in singleplayer. In multiplayer, you can only use it by playing as Americans on the Standard Issue Rifles mode.

** ''In the Name of the Tsar'' contains the experimental Maxim SMG, which was based off of the much more common MG 08/18 and, much like the Hellriegel, has virtually nothing known about who designed it or if it ever saw field trials. Only a single example that is known to still exist. Nobody knew who made it, how many were made, or even ''[[UpToEleven what its actual name was]]''.

** The armoured train's whistle, particularly if it happens to be on the enemy's team. Also doubles as a MostWonderfulSound, particularly if the train happens to be on your team.

** The gun sights are all real and based on real WW1-era gun sights (of varying rarities), including the round lens sight, which are experimental British sights known as [[http://equipment.wikia.com/wiki/Gibbs_Magnifying_Sights Gibbs Magnifying Sights]]. That being said, the game allows them to be mounted on many weapons with which they were never mated in real life.

** There seems to be a very heavy emphasis on making sure that the weird WW1-era weapon reloads are portrayed correctly:

*** Similar to the Steyr 1912 mentioned above, some of the weapons in the ''In the Name of the Tsar'' DLC have different reload animations depending on how many ammo is left. The Mosin-Nagant and it's sawn-off counterpart in particular have ''[[UpToEleven five different animations]]'', one for reloading from empty, and one for every possible number of bullets left.

** On winter maps, you can see soldiers's breathing condense midair due to the coldness, including your own soldier's breathing in first-person.

** The L-Class destoryer introduced in the ''Turning Tides'' DLC has the flag of the faction the team that spawned it on the stern (I.E. A British destroyer has a Union Jack on the rear). The ''real'' foresight is that if an enemy faction takes manages to capture it, the flag turns into a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Roger Jolly Roger]].

** This also applies to the tanks in-game. Just like in previous Battlefield titles, some of the more redundant crew position (loader etc.) are not filled by the player. This leads to the British Mk.V tank only needing three players when its actual crew count is 8, and the [=A7V=] able to have six players when its actual crew count is ''18''.

*** ''Storm Of Steel'' is also the title of a [[Literature/StormOfSteel famous work of literature]] about the first World War by Creator/ErnstJunger .

* MoodWhiplash: "Friends in High Places" has such a different tone and atmosphere from the rest of the War Stories that playing it is effectively bound to involve some. Whereas every other War Story is at the very least sombre, and most of them emphasize the themes of WarIsHell and GreyAndGreyMorality, "Friends in High Places" is a straight up, swashbuckling ace pilot story seemingly pulled straight out of pulp fiction. The dialogue is a lot more lighthearted, the visuals are much brighter and more fantastic, and the action leaves the gritty realism of the rest of the campaign in favor of leaping between zeppelins and fistfights on airplanes. [[spoiler: This may be a hint that it's [[UnreliableNarrator all a lie]].]]

* BraggingRightsReward: The [[ImprovisedWeapon Broken Bottle]] melee weapon, added in ''Apocalypse''. It's little more than just a reskinned default knife, but its only available via finishing a difficult challenge of getting kills via hard-to-find and non-respawning [[ImprobableWeaponUser wine bottles]].
** The HorsemenOfTheApocalypse dog tags. They're only aquired from HarderThanHard Service Assignments, requiring you to do some insane achievements while saddled with [[SelfImposedChallenge Afflictions]].

-->'''[Ballroom Blitz attack]''': [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks "We've come a long low way, boys! Now it's time for America to show it's teeth!]] ''Fix bayonets!'' '''''CHAAARGE!'''''"

* CallBack: The old Australian veteran who speaks towards the end of the British cutscenes in the Gallipoli operations from ''Turning Tides'' is none other than Frederick Bishop from the single-player campaign.

*** ''They Shall Not Pass'' adds two more examples of Rare Tanks: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Chamond_(tank) Saint-Chamond]], of which only 400 were built with most being scrapped after the war, and the Char 2c, of which only ''10'' were ever built, and the example the game's model is based on wasn't made until 1921, 3 years after the war ended.

''Battlefield 1'' is a FirstPersonShooter in DICE's ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series. [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Unlike what the title number implies]], it is not the first game in the series (that would be ''Battlefield 1942'', documented on the main ''Battlefield'' page). It is instead the fifteenth overall installment and the next game in the main series after ''VideoGame/Battlefield4''.

The third DLC, ''Turning Tides'', focuses on naval engagements during World War I, and is released in two parts in late 2017 and early 2018.

*** The tactical reload of the Farquhar-Hil rifle has player character disengaging the magazine switch before removing the magazine, while the empty reload animation simply shows the empty magazine being removed. This is because the rifle lacks feed lips and uses the magazine switch to lock ammo feeding. Removing a filled magazine without disengaging the switch will cause the remaining rounds to fly out. The empty reload animation also shows the bolt being released via pulling the trigger, which is also consistent with the real weapon.

** While there are many WWI standard-issue weapons in the game, the British service Webley Revolver is noticeably absent from the base game. With the British characters in "Through Mud And Blood" all using the much rarer Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver, presumably to stand in for the Webley Revolver. It's only later that the Revolver is set to appear in the ''Apocalypse'' DLC.

** If the defenders win an Operation on the first map, the resulting voice-over commends the "Videogame/ValiantHearts" of the defenders.

** The final DLC, ''Apocalypse'', does not disappoint with its weapon selection. Assault gets the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun RSC SMG]], Support gets the experimental air-cooled version of the MG 08, MG 08/18, and Medic gets the Steampunky [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U682yOpNafg Howell Automatic]] conversion for the Lee-Enfield.