[Frontlines] M-E6
Frontlines is a primarily weapon project, essentially seeking to bring a style of arcadey early 1900s weaponry to the workshop. It also serves as a way for me to improve on modeling weapons, animating them, and learning some fun things along the way.
Here’s a gun more appropriate for Regicide, prolly should’ve made some battle rifles in prep for it. Secondaries are still in testing pack.
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This mod contains the Mark-(Experimental)6, shortened to M-E6, an example of a proper assault rifle with notably extended range over its submachine gun counterparts. Chambered in an experimental 7mm cartridge with decent killing power and unheard-of ballistics, the M-E6 is more than capable of holding its own at ranges in excess of 80 meters, and holds on to it 4 shot kill up until around 75 meters. It also boasts a respectable 652 rounds per minute and recoil tame enough that full auto fire past that 75 meter mark doesn’t feel too unreasonable; it can even function as a quasi-sniper rifle when prone! However, all this comes at the burden of an abysmal magazine capacity of 20 rounds. While the reserve ammo capacity is notably higher than the other assault rifles available for use, the extended range nature of the rifle and how many rounds you’ll need to kill targets means you’ll be reloading very often, and don’t be surprised if you run out of ammo entirely. In spite of its potential shortcomings, the M-E6 has the potential to be a true workhorse for the lucky individuals who get their hands on one; it can seemingly do anything you ask it to.
Historical Section: This is based on the EM-2 prototype rifle made by the Brits after WW2, really pushing the bar for "early 1900s", I know, but it’ll be pushed further when I make an M14, lol. This specific model is chambered in .280/30, a necked down version of .30 T65 which would become 7.62 NATO. The 652 rpm figure in game is a bit faster than the fire rate of the actual EM-2, which is claimed to have varied between 450 and 600 rounds per minute, probably because the guns were chambered in like 20 different rounds in various stages of development. Velocity is also slightly exaggerated in-game, I believe, but not too unrealistically so. Crucially, the M-E6 isn’t plagued with crippling overheating and accuracy issues brought about by suboptimal design and even worse ammunition, which is the least realistic part of this mod [obligatory bashing British equipment section over].
Credits:
Sounds – Jay and Galahad (WW2C), War Thunder, other sources
Particles – 404
Model, Animation, Unity Configuration – Me
Map in Screenshots – Regicide by Vel
Thank you for reading this far. Join the server if you want, I really like working on Frontlines, even if I’m not efficient.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
