MG Hiding

[Redit]

Will HoS grant machine gunners the ability to, having set up their machine gun, hide out of sight with only the bipod and barrel of their weapon showing so they may hide from unsuspecting enemies to set up ambushes or to simply take cover from enemies shooting at them. E.g. in a window or behind some sandbags/rubble.

 

[Witzig]

The new MG System should allow this, since your rotating around the Bipod, aka aiming up will make your Avatar crouch, aiming down will make your avatar stand up.

You can also simply walk away from your Position and hide behind cover.

 

[Redit]

I mean more like a simple crouching with the weapon still resting on the window ledge or sandbag, but your player is behind the cover, so you can quickly pop in and out of cover while being able to effectively use the MG.

 

[SheepDip]

Pointing the MG upwards should (if the current system is as it looks) will keep the MG deployed and crouch the player further down. Like Witzig says. Combining this with the ability to walk away from a deployed weapon should give you more than enough chances to stay safe under fire.

 

[Witzig]

Thats effectively what this System does, some Videos show that System in use with other Weapons using the Cover System. But you can also use the Cover as with every other Gun.

This Video is from 2009, but it shows the MG setup action.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-red-orchestra/55368