Machine Guns - How to Use Them?

At first glance, the use of Machine Guns may seem a bit tricky. The following is a quick run through of how to use Machine Guns effectively.

All three Machine Guns are horribly inaccurate unless they are deployed. To deploy a machinegun:

Go prone with the 'prone' key.
Deploy your bipod with the 'secondary fire' key.

A short animation will play, and you will be ready to rock. While deployed, a player cannot move, and has only a limited view. Undeploy your bipod using the 'secondary fire' key in order to move again.

Machine Guns can only be reloaded if the bipod is deployed.

In addition to proning, Machine Guns can be used while standing in certain areas of most maps. These areas are called "MG Nests", and a small graphic will pop up in your HUD to indicate you are in a nest. See the "HUD" section to see the MG Nest graphic. Once in an MG nest, a player can deploy his bipod while standing.

You will find that Machine Guns run out of ammo very quickly. Since the Machine Gunners have no secondary weapons, this can be a major problem. To alleviate this, you will need to ask your teamates to pass ammunition. Light Infantry carry one box of MG ammo, in addition to their own rifle ammo. They can drop this ammo to you by pressing the "Drop MG Ammo" key.