Battlefield 3 Secondary Weapon Attachments List and Guide

Note: Each gun is different and may not be able to equip every single secondary weapon attachment. Some attachments may appear in the primary or secondary slot depending on the gun. If you do not see the attachment you are looking for here, see our Battlefield 3 Primary Weapon Attachments List.

In this section of our Battlefield 3 guide, we will be revealing a complete Battlefield 3 Secondary Weapon Attachments List and giving you full strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of each weapon attachment.

Battlefield 3 Secondary Weapon Accessories List:

Flash Suppressor - The Flash Suppressor eliminates the flash that is produced when you fire your gun in Battlefield 3. In real life, a flash suppressor exists to prevent the shooter being blinded by the bright light produced from firing a rifle.

In Battlefield 3 however, shooting your gun is one of the easiest ways to give away your position. If an opponent sees your gun fire, they can easily move over you and mark you or take you down (or both).

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Since you do not show up on the radar just for firing a gun, the Flash Suppressor is essentially a silencer for people engaging in mid to long-ranged combat. Using this attachment reduces your accuracy, but does not effect your actual damage much (unlike the full Suppressor which does reduce bullet speed and damage).

Heavy Barrel - The Heavy Barrel increases the accuracy of your attacks by using heavy match ammo. For some reason, using the heavy ammo does not increase your damage, but only your accuracy.

The downside here is that a heavy barrel results in much more vertical climb when using the gun. This means that you can only really use a heavy barrel with single or burst-fire attacks. You might as well turn off automatic mode (if applicable) by pressing the down arrow on the directional pad, because if you fire more than two or three bullets at once with a heavy barrel, your aim will be way off course.

Laser Sight - As advertised, picking the Laser Sight secondary weapon attachment places a laser attachment on your weapon. This shines a laser beam which shines wherever you aim. The benefit of this is it makes it very clear where you are aiming when you are not zoomed in, so you can spray and strafe (which is good for close-quarters combat).

When you are attacking from ranged, the laser does somewhat blind your enemy. The downside here is that it also lets your enemy know he is being targeted, at which point they can often retreat to safety. If you are a fast shot though you can often take out your opponent before they can react. The Laser Sight does not blind the enemy in the same way as a tactical light, but the Laser Sight does not give your position away nearly as easily as a Tactical Light.

Shotgun Ammo - If you are thinking about using a Shotgun as your main weapon, or at least situationally, there are a lot of different types of shells you can use depending on your situation. There is the 12G Buckshot, 12g Frag, 12G Slug, and 12G Flechette. We will be discussing these each individually on the Battlefield 3 Shotgun Shells page.

Suppressor - The Suppressor completely removes muzzle flash and eliminates a lot of the sound produced by firing a weapon. The downside is that the Suppressor also reduces power, accuracy, and especially bullet distance. If you want to snipe or attack from range and hide your position, use a Flash Suppressor.

The normal Suppressor should only be used in an "infiltrate" build where you are trying to sneak up on the other team and do not want to be heard. You can cause a lot of damage behind enemy lines with this, but you will not get very far attacking head-on.

Tactical Light - The Tactical Light is a double-edged weapon accessory, moreso than any of the other Battlefield 3 Secondary attachments on this list. If you shine the tactical light on a player up close, they are for all purposes blinded and their screen goes entirely white.

On the other hand, your light is like a beacon and lets other players know where you are immediately. It is not very effective from any sort of range. It might obscure your head a bit if you are shining it directly on a ranged player, but you really are vulnerable to enemy attacks with this light on.

However, if you do engage in another player in close-combat, the Tactical Light is a huge advantage and can allow you to win against multiple opponents at once.

Battlefield 3 Secondary Weapon Attachments List and Guide

You now know all of the secondary weapon attachments available to you thanks to this list and now know how to best use them all thanks to this guide. The next step is to unlock them - you get a new attachment every 10 or 20 kills with the same gun. You have to keep using the same gun and getting kills with it in order to unlock all these attachments.

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