I agree
Maxim should have range and arc reduced while mg42 a bit wider arc and a bit of a range. Asymetric faction design and all that
What about axis higher DPS, slow remmaning of mg (this is for all support weapons), no teleport black magic on retreat and units bunching together so you can actually kill them with indirect fire, etc.
I would love to have a symetrical mg42 as soviets instead of the maxim, but that would be a LOT WORSE for axis players rather than facing this "maxim" spam problem.
Improve remmaning and target acquisition on ALL MGs, reduce to 5 man maxims but spread them out, increase setup time and increase a bit range (wide).
Meanwhile, it may be placebo, but can´t you manually target which entity you want your squad to shoot, just like with snipers? Kill gunner, wipe mg, profit.