Commanders, the "Scorching Rays" major update is finally here! It brings new weapons, vehicles and headgear pieces, as well as a reworked section of Tunisia, a redesigned profile interface and changes to the matchmaker and desertion penalties.
The research tree of the USA and Japan has been expanded with new low and high BR additions, including the Kawaguchiya shotgun, a double-barreled shotgun with a bayonet, the iconic "Chicago Typewriter", an M1921AC Thompson submachine gun with a 50-round drum...
This new issue of the "Making Enlisted a Better Place" series focuses on the buffs to Japanese weapons, the addition of bombers to Practice mode, tweaks to locations and missions, bug fixes and also smaller improvements.
Weapon changes
We’ve tweaked the characteristics of a number of Japanese weapons in this patch - in most cases, improving their performance:
Type Ko rifle: increased base damage from 11.2 to 11.7
Type Otsu rifle: reduced base damage from 11.6 to 11.5
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