An MG3. Notice how there are many similarities the weapon has with the MG-42.
The MG3 is a General Purpose Machine Gun that is featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and 2. The weapon is designed and produced by German Small arms company Rheinmetall AG and is chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO rounds. The entire weapon system is an updated version of the infamous MG 42 universal machine gun that was used by Nazi Germany in World War II. It is currently in service in the Bundeswehr and is produced in eight other countries including Germany. The weapon is mainly used mounted on armored and non-armored vehicles as a secondary or primary weapon, depending on the type of vehicle. It sports a 565 mm quick-change, chrome-lined barrel and usually is mounted on a bipod for infantry use, but may also be found on a tripod with a periscope sight to engage targets at further range with increased stability. Its standard iron sights include an open-type sliding rear U-notch on a ramp with range settings from 200 to 1,200 m, as well as a flip-up anti-aircraft sight that is provided.
Battlefield: Bad Company
In singleplayer, it can be found as a collectible in the mission Par for the Course.
The MG3 is issued to the Support class. It can only be unlocked once a player reaches level 25 or if one has purchased the Gold Edition of the game, it will be unlocked as soon as one begins playing multiplayer.
It has a high 200 round capacity with 400 rounds in reserve and an extremely high rate of fire of 1,000 rounds per minute, making it the fastest firing weapon in the game over the F2000 and PP2000. It can kill in around 10-15 hits, but it has poor accuracy, making long-range targets difficult to kill. Burst-firing is advised if one plans to engage long range targets in this case.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
MG3
In singleplayer, the MG3 with a red dot sight can be found occasionally off of dead enemies, most notably on Airborne on the second level of the plane. The standard version can be found on High Value Target, on a crate right before entering the sewers.
In multiplayer, MG3 requires 57,000 points for the Medic class to unlock. It now holds 100 rounds and fires at 1,000 rounds per minute (fastest rate of fire on LMGs). It is the last unlockable weapon for the Medic class. The players who do have it tend to avoid using it because of the high recoil during sustained fire, low damage per shot, less than optimal accuracy, and somewhat obstructive iron sights. However, the high rate of fire and larger magazine than most SMG's and Assault Rifles make it a very capable "spray and pray" weapon for close quarters use. Due to the high fire rate, magnum ammo has a small effect. Using the MG3 while immobile and crouched proves most effective. For longer ranges, it's advised the user recoil sweeps.
MG3 SA
The MG3 SA is also available to those who purchased the SPECACT DLC. It is basically the MG3 customized with Woodland, Desert or Arctic camouflage depending on the environment the player is in. It is unlocked to the player regardless of previous unlocks for the kit. It can be obtained over Xbox Live for 180MS points, or through the Dr. Pepper/EA promotion, and comes with a special uniform. It will eventually be released for PS3 and PC.
Unlike other SPECACT weapons the MG3 SA is the only weapon to have a new set of weapons stats when compared with the weapon stats of the original MG3, the MG3 SA appears to have the exact same stats as the MG36. Whether they behave the same is yet to be confirmed.
Also is seems like the fire rate of both the MG3 and MG3 SA are exactly the same. Both fire at 1,000 rounds per minute, even though the stats for the MG3 SA show its fire rate is inferior to that of the MG3.
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Trivia
- Since Light Machine Guns can damage helicopters in Battlefield: Bad Company, both the MG3 and the M60 are very effective at shooting them down if there are no AA guns or .50 cals in the area, the former firing more rounds to hit and the latter doing more damage. However, the same does not apply to Bad Company 2 as helicopters, except for UAV's, are armored up to but not including .50 caliber rounds.