spare barrel
This. Reduces recoil.
I thought DPs required special tools in order to perform a barrel swap...
Not that anyone would have been able to perform it in WWII anyway... Stavka never issued spares.
Ah, I did not know that. Thank you for the correction.Yes, it needed a tool, but it always came with the MG, and changing the barrel was quick and the weapon had been designed to be like this.
Spare barrels were not issued in the very beginning of the war, but they were issued later on.
However, they were usually thrown out by machinegunners. DP did not have overheating problems in normal conditions (and this is not reflected in the game: single-shot a mag or two and say hello to the stupid vapour), so the spare barrel was just dead weight.
Really? Can't say I have ever overheated the DP barrel. However, I mostly play with the DP on fallen fighters, so I think it being a cold map has something to do with how fast it heats up.(and this is not reflected in the game: single-shot a mag or two and say hello to the stupid vapour),