While there’s no news yet on when the next Battlefield V update will drop, we do have new developments on some of the Battlefield V upcoming weapons set to be released by DICE. For today, we get to see the “Einstossflammenwerfer” in action, as well as a new gun set to come in Chapter 6!
Once again unearthed by Battlefield dataminer temporyal, the Einstossflammenwerfer isn’t really a gun, but a handheld flamethrower! Check it out in action. below.
New description for the unreleased 🔥 Einstossflammenwerfer in #BattlefieldV arrived with Patch 5.2:
"A hand held, disposable, flamethrower firing a short burst of flame that can devastate individual infantry targets."
Short gameplay footage for everyone unaware of this gadget: pic.twitter.com/csptH6lmwy
— temporyal (@temporyal) January 13, 2020
Aside from the flamethrower, there’s also the Ithaca M37 shotgun and it’s set to come in Chapter 6!
Unreleased weapon set for Chapter 6 on the Ithaca M37 shotgun in #BattlefieldV:
🇺🇸 US Flag (working title)
It comes with a custom 3x medium range scope as default setup for this shotgun. We'll see if this is really a valid option. The set is also available for the M2 Carbine. pic.twitter.com/mBmgvIal0h
— temporyal (@temporyal) January 13, 2020
Note that given these Battlefield V upcoming weapons are based on datamined info, there’s no guarantee that we’ll see them in the game. That said, chances are high that we’ll eventually see these as part of the weekly challenges and rewards.
In other Battlefield V news, check out the latest news regarding the time-to-kill (TTK) news after the 5.2.2 patch We also ranked the Battlefield games released this decade, which you will want to read.