
In Battlefield V, squad mates could now be revived, and medics can revive all teammates using their syringe, although in both cases, there is a delay while the revive occurs. However, over time, medics and players would adapt to these changes, and by the time Battlefield 1 released, medics were once again immensely powerful their syringes could be used on consecutive teammates with only a small delay, but otherwise brought players back to full health upon a successful revive. Because of these changes to how defibrillators worked, Battlefield 4 players found themselves being revived with a reduced frequency, while medics initially saw these changes as reducing the efficacy of individual medics in matches. To counteract this, Battlefield 4 introduced several changes to the defibrillator to encourage more strategic and thoughtful use of revives: the defibrillators now required charging before they could bring players back to full health, and moreover, could only be fired three times in a row before a cooldown occurred.

With only a minor delay to their operation, the defibrillators could be immensely powerful, allowing a skilled medic to revive their entire squad on very short order. In earlier titles like Bad Company 2 or Battlefield 3, medics carry defibrillators that can be used to instantly revive fallen teammates. This mechanic is integral to the Battlefield experience, and over the years, different iterations of Battlefield have made minor modifications to the medic for gameplay balance.


The AUG A3 is the most recent version of the AUG, removing the built in sight in favor of a Picatinny rail system to allow mounting of various other optics, foregrips, laser sights, and underbarrel 40mm grenade launchers. The AUG was adopted by the Austrian army in 1977 and would go on to see large export success with other countries, also being adopted by the militaries of Australia, New Zealand, Oman, Malaysia, and others.

The AUG was developed to replace the Austrian army's bulky Stg.58 rifle (a variant of the FN FAL) the AUG fires the lighter 5.56x45mm cartridge, is built from light weight polymers, is compatible with left-handed shooting, and incorporates a built in optical sight. The Steyr AUG (German: Armee- Universal- Gewehr English: Universal army rifle), also known as the STG.77 (German: Sturmgewehr 77 English: Assault rifle 77), is an Austrian, bullpup-configured assault rifle, designed in the late 1960s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG.
