If there's one thing that I have mixed thoughts about it's this thing.
The LMG MG42 just doesn't seem to give the same kind of results that I've been expecting. To be honest I was expecting it to be a bastard to play against and a force multiplier to play with.
So far it seems like it's just a BAR with a bigger magazine. These things are supposed to pump out over 2000 rds a minute. The in game ones are firing no faster than a BAR.
They also come with Drum Mags when in reality the majority were belt fed. Yes I know some were drum fed but not the majority of them.
I've done a lot of real life running around with a GPMG which isn't much different from an MG42 and I can testify that it's a heavy bugger and slows you down lugging it and it's ammo around but when you bang down in the dirt and start to play it there's no stoping you. Firing 4-8 round bursts you can put down a serious amount of fire for a considerable amount of time.
You just cannot do this in the game.
However, because you can't it does seem to bias the game towards the bigger US squads.
What I'd like to see is belt fed MG42 with plenty of ammo and the ability to split them off in teams. On defence they should be almost impregnable to anything but mortars or artillery.
Right now it feels like the Germans are lugging around M247s from CMSF.
I'm hoping this may be addressed in a future patch.
The LMG MG42 just doesn't seem to give the same kind of results that I've been expecting. To be honest I was expecting it to be a bastard to play against and a force multiplier to play with.
So far it seems like it's just a BAR with a bigger magazine. These things are supposed to pump out over 2000 rds a minute. The in game ones are firing no faster than a BAR.
They also come with Drum Mags when in reality the majority were belt fed. Yes I know some were drum fed but not the majority of them.
I've done a lot of real life running around with a GPMG which isn't much different from an MG42 and I can testify that it's a heavy bugger and slows you down lugging it and it's ammo around but when you bang down in the dirt and start to play it there's no stoping you. Firing 4-8 round bursts you can put down a serious amount of fire for a considerable amount of time.
You just cannot do this in the game.
However, because you can't it does seem to bias the game towards the bigger US squads.
What I'd like to see is belt fed MG42 with plenty of ammo and the ability to split them off in teams. On defence they should be almost impregnable to anything but mortars or artillery.
Right now it feels like the Germans are lugging around M247s from CMSF.
I'm hoping this may be addressed in a future patch.