how can ppl cry about con getting up close to mg and trow molly and wipe yout them squad.. 1 they con wil prob retreat as wel that much damage it has taken and 2 you mg is a support unit!!! it is not ment to be a stand alone get of my lawn defence units its needs a unit around it so it can not be flanks by 2 or 3 cons!!! and if its alone then it sould be flanks by 2 units aleast grens can use rifel grandade form max distance and have a change to almost instant kil a mg unit wile con never have that option as easaly
The MG42 isnt a supportunit in the way mortars and AT-guns are. Its a defensive weapon meant to stop infantryassaults. It should need other units in the vincinity to prevent flanking, like in vCOH, but you are basicly arguing that its fair that a conscript squad should be able to take on an MG42 head on. If a purely defensive unit, primarily designed to stop infantry, cant beat an infantrysquad thats running directly into its field of fire, then its not all that usefull.
Again, they nailed this in vCOH.