There are some obvious concessions to gameplay (a medic probably wouldn't be carrying crutches around), but even some of these make sense. That British soldier carrying a German anti-armor rifle? There are many examples of one side using the other's weapons in a pinch. In fact, the trailer is more realistic than The Great War suggests. That seemingly implausible metal body armor you see at one point is the "Sappenpanzer Gesichtsmaske," an uncommon form of protection given to machine gunners and snipers who didn't expect to move.

This doesn't make Battlefield 1 a simulator by any means, and it's not certain that everything you see in the trailer will make it to full-fledged gameplay. However, it's apparent that the developers went out of their way to include gear you could have seen both in the trenches and beyond. Whatever you think of the title's premise, it's not just paying lip service to its setting.