Description

This mod goes over the weapons, equipment, vehicles, and behemoths and renames everything to be more realistic. That means restoring trademarked manufacturer names, using more accurate military designations where possible, correcting errors, and in one case (the SMG08) renaming a gun because its real name wasn’t actually known to the English-speaking world when it came out and the devs had just guessed.

These new names are sourced mostly from IMFDB, along with Wikipedia and various sources in the citations of both sites.

Some additional considerations have been made, however. Names that are mostly correct are likely to be left alone, some weapons’ full names would be too long to fit on the inventory window and have been shortened (sometimes by renaming a variant to a similar-but-shorter name: the weapon is still the same variant, I just renamed it for space), and some renames are still not fully accurate because I found the “correct” names clumsy and weird. Also, an item with a non-English name will be translated or left in its original language essentially based on which version I personally thought sounded better.

Changes

Handguns

• Modello 1915 to Beretta M1915
• C93 to Borchardt C-93
• Mle. 1903 to FN Model 1903
• M1911 to Colt M1911
• M1911 Silencer to Colt M1911 Suppressed
• P08 to Luger P08
• Howdah Pistol to Lancaster Howdah Pistol
• C96 to Mauser C96
• 1903 Hammerless to Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Taschenpistole 1914 to Mauser 1914 Pocket Pistol
• Repetierpistole M1912 to Steyr M1912
• No. 3 Revolver to S&W No. 3 Russian Model
• Bulldog Revolver to Webley RIC
• Revolver Mk VI to Webley Mk VI
• Auto Revolver to Webley-Fosbery Auto Revolver
• Nagant Revolver to Nagant M1895
• Obrez Pistol to Obrez Sawn-Off
• Peacekeeper to Colt Single Action Army
  

SMGs

• Automatico M1918 to Beretta M1918
• MP 18 to Bergmann MP18
• SMG08/18 to Schwarzlose SMG (should start calling SMG08 addicts “Schwarzlosers”)
• Maschinenpistole M1912/P.16 to Steyr M.12/P.16
• Annihilator to Thompson Annihilator (technically not one, but whatever)
• RSC SMG to Chauchat-Ribeyrolles (should include “1918” but this did not fit)
  

Shotguns

• 12G Automatic to Browning Auto 5 
• Model 1900 to Remington Model 1900
• Sawn-off Shotgun to Model 1900 Sawn-Off (Remington omitted for space)
• Model 10-A to Remington Model 10A
• Sjögren Inertial to Sjögren Inertia (no L at the end)
• M97 Trench Gun to Winchester Model 1897 (wanted to keep “Trench Gun” but it didn’t fit)
• Trench Gun Backbored variant renamed to Storm for space
  

Medic Rifles

• Selbstlader 1906 changed to Luger Selbstlader 1906
• Selbstlader M1916 changed to Mauser Karabiner 1916 (marksman to sniper for space)
• Autoloading 8 to Remington Model 8 (also, variant calibers removed for space)
• M1907 SL to Winchester Model 1907
• Mondragón to Mondragón Modelo 1908
• Mondragon Optical variant renamed Optica for space
• RSC 1917 to RSC Model 1917
  

Scout Rifles

• Gewehr M.95 to Steyr-Mannlicher M.95 (Marksman to Sniper for space)
• Gewehr M.95 Carbine to Steyr Repetier-Stutzen M.95
• Gewehr 98 to Mauser Gewehr 98
• M1903 Experimental to M1903 with Pedersen Device
• Russian 1895 to Winchester Model 1895
• M1917 Enfield Silenced to M1917 Enfield Suppressed
  

Machine Guns

• M1917 MG to Browning M1917
• M1909 Benet-Mercie to Hotchkiss M1909 (technically both are correct)
• lMG08/18 to Maxim MG 08/18
• Parabellum MG 14/17 to Parabellum MG17 (for space)
• MG15 n.A. to Bergmann MG15 n.A.
• MG15 Suppressive renamed to Extended for space
  

Pistol Carbines

• P08 Artillerie to Luger Carbine
• Mle 1903 Extended to FN Model 1903 Carbine
• Pieper M1893 to Pieper Revolving Carbine
• M1911 Extended to Colt M1911 Carbine
• C96 Carbine to Mauser C96 Carbine
• C93 Carbine to Borchardt C-93 Carbine
  

Elite Class Weapons

• Tankgewehr 1918 to Mauser 1918 Tankgewher
• MG 08/15 to Maxim MG 08/15
• Wex to Wechselapparat M1917
• Martini-Henry Grenade Launcher to Blanch-Chevallier Grenade Discharger
  

Explosives

• Frag Grenade to Mills Bomb
• Stick Grenade to Model 17 Stielhandgranate (technically it’s a ww2 era model 27)
• Russian Standard Grenade to M1912 Lantern Grenade
• Improvised Grenade to French Third Army Grenade (desc. now reflects what it does)
• Anti-Tank Mine to Flachmine 17
• AT Rocket Gun to Vickers-Crayford Rocket Gun
• AA Rocket Gun to Vickers-Crayford Flak Gun (there was never a flak variant irl)
• AT Grenade to Bundled Charge Grenade
• Light AT Grenade to No 2. Hand Grenade (not the same as either of its irl variants)
• Incendiary Grenade to No. 27 Incendiary Grenade (in real life, it’s a smoke grenade)
• Smoke Grenade to No. 37 Smoke Grenade
• Impact Grenade to Model 15 Discus Grenade
• Mini Grenade to Model 17 Egg Grenade
• Gas Grenade to Mk. V Gas Grenade
  

Stationary Weapons

• Heavy Machine Gun to Maxim M1910 Emplacement
• FK 96 to 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96
• QF 1 AA to Maxim QF 1-Pounder AA
  

Vehicles

• Armored Train to Zaamurets Armored Train
• Airship L30 to R-Class Super Zeppelin
• Dreadnought to Iron Duke-Class Dreadnought
• FT Armored Car to Fiat-Terni Armored Car
• RNAS Armored Car to Rolls-Royce Armored Car
• EV4 Armored Car to Ehrhardt E-V/4 Panzerkraftwagen  
• MC 18J Sidecar to Harley Davidson 18-J Sidecar
• MC 3.5HP Sidecar to NSU 1914 3.5HP Sidecar 
• M30 Scout to Dodge Model 30 Scout Car
• 37/95 Scout to Mercedes 37/95 Scout Car
• KFT Scout to Austro-Daimler Model 1909 Scout Car 
• Armored Artillery Truck to Pierce-Arrow Armoured Artillery Lorry
• FT-17 Light Tank to Renault FT-17 Light Tank
• A.E.F 2-A2 Attack Plane to Salmson 2 Attack Plane
• Dr.1 Fighter to Fokker Dr.1 Fighter
  

Extra Notes

For simplicity of implementation, only the text shown in the inventory screen and kill notices are changed- codexes and assignment requirement text has been left alone (doing otherwise would easily double the amount of work required) and thus retains the old names.

This mod has a lot more text than is easy to test, so let me know if you find anything wrong with it, or if you’d like to suggest a rename to a weapon, gadget, or vehicle that I missed or misnamed.

Also, this mod may not be compatible with other mods that change the game’s text! At the moment the only one I know of is the newer versions of Battlefield 1914 that include Canada, but there will likely be more in the future.