semi-deployed

[lairstefane@yahoo.fr]

in the manual..

Note: in the game, the M1919A4 Browning can be fired in

“deployed” and “semi-deployed” configurations.

semi-deployed does not appear , weapon cannot be fired ..., only options are "deployed or not deployed" , really need that speed and fire superiority when assaulting , no time to deploy

[Loki]

There are many ways to go here.

From a serious perspective :

I wonder if that comment in the manual was supposed to be for the M1918 BAR and was put under the wrong description. I haven't seen a BAR with a semi deploy option, but firing from the hip might be what it is referring too.

On a more modern practical note:

I would take the extra time to get it fully deployed before you think about firing your gun

[LemoN]

I would take the extra time to get it fully deployed before you think about firing your gun

But sometimes you just have to fill up your US Volkssturm with some more cannon fodder!

[MikeyD]

Sounds like a manual mixup to me. The M1919A4 has the tripod while the M1919A6 has the bipod. The German MG42 does have both bipod and tripod so it can be 'semi-deployed'.

[Magpie_Oz]

It could be:

a mix up with the BAR, being fired off the shoulder like a rifle or off the bipod like a pretend LMG.

OR

the M1919 did have the ability to be fired without the tripod, I seem to remember a Marine, on Guadalcanal (?) scoring a Medal of Honour for doing this. I can't imagine it was a standard practise tho'

[gunnergoz]

It could be:

a mix up with the BAR, being fired off the shoulder like a rifle or off the bipod like a pretend LMG.

OR

the M1919 did have the ability to be fired without the tripod, I seem to remember a Marine, on Guadalcanal (?) scoring a Medal of Honour for doing this. I can't imagine it was a standard practise tho'

You're referring to Sgt. John Basilone I suspect, but I think he had M-1917's at Guadalcanal. It's been a while since I read his bio. In the episode of The Pacific serial where he is on Iwo Jima I seem to recall him manhandling an M-1919 off its tripod and firing it just before he is KIA. I doubt anyone ever trained for that but it may have happened in extremis. The bipod version of the M-1919 could be carried and fired by itself but I don't know how much of that was done outside Hollywood. I recall movie posters of Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back lugging one around and shooting Germans with it. He was actually a pretty small guy and he usually demanded accuracy for his own film scenes, so perhaps that was done now and then.