The Battlefield 2 total conversion historical realism modification "Battlefield: Korea" deals with the Korean War (1950 - 1953), which is also known as the "Forgotten War".
Here we want to show off our new 3D ironsights for a weapon we have been mostly keeping silent about for years now.
The Type 88, sometimes known as "Hanyang 88", is a Chinese-made bolt-action rifle, based on the German Gewehr 88. It was adopted by the Qing Dynasty towards the end of the 19th century and was a standard Chinese rifle, being used by multiple factions and formations, until the end of the Chinese Civil War. The name of the rifle is derived from Hanyang Arsenal, the main factory that produced this rifle. The rifle was due to be replaced as the standard Chinese rifle by the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle. However, manufacture of the new rifle never managed to match demand, and the Type 88 continued to be manufactured and to equip the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
This firearm was a rifle directly patterned on the German Gewehr 88 and was initially fielded by the New Armies of the Qing Dynasty. From the start of production in 1895, the Type 88 was modified twice to improve performance, in 1904 and in 1930. Throughout the War of Resistance against Japan, the Type 88 more than held its own against the newer, higher-quality Japanese Arisaka Type 38 and Type 99 rifles. It served as one of the standard battle rifles used by the National Revolutionary Army from its founding in 1925 until the late 1940s, after the end of World War II. It was also used by the Chinese Communists, who not only used it during the same time period, but also during the early phases of the Korean War. Production of the rifle ceased in 1944.
The Hanyang 88 was essentially a copy of the Gewehr 88, with a few minor differences, including the absence of the barrel shroud, and an extension of the bayonet. It was a bolt-action rifle that cocked on opening, and its Mannlicher-style magazine could hold 5 7.92×57mm Mauser rounds.
Nice ! I was starting to wonder if we would use that :)
Yeah, we just had to get it working with full 3D sights first. Sometimes it is difficult to find people willing to re/animate existing unused weapons for us.
it's such a beautiful rifle
I agree! I love it!
A new rifle for the team that seems to have more rifles than anyone else? Can't wait to test it out in-game.
This weapon has been in the mod and the model was done since 2008. It was one of the last weapons created by our old model artist but it just wasn't included in the December release since we didn't have it ready. So we wanted to finally include it in game and stop using the K98 we had. I got lucky and some other mod had got the rifle from us and adapted animations to it without us knowing. I had mentioned we wanted our Hanyang animated to a Chinese friend of mine, and he said he knew of one in a mod in China that was done. Lo and behold it was our original model.