Nope, they are better with lmg, how it's so hard to understand that they only reduced the sniping?
That was the selling point you know... tommies aren't exactly exceptional in long engagements, especially if its at mid or close range, contrary to rifles or penals. They do scale better then both, but then again, they pay considerably more for that.
DPS is the same , they now might need an extra shoot to kill a model but now with lmg they are better cause they don't overkill anymore
That's not how it works, that's not how any of it works.
Due to LMGs being rapid fire weapon and rifles not so much, there is almost always overkill involved for all squads that use LMGs+rifles.
+ They are cheaper and beat volks at long range out of cover at 4 men and at all ranges in cover
While its better then it used to be, OKW will still outnumber brits and spio+volk stand a better chance at win then pair of current tommies.