Maxim has a lot of weakness.
1. Mortor
2. Sniper
3. Scout car
4. Flame pio with mortar smoke.
5. Flanking panzer grenadiers with bundle nade.
It s not one rifle nade that is op, it is the rifle nade killing 3 models and the next gunner getting killed every time they try to grab the gun. Also people comparing Molotov to rifle nade is a joke. You can fire a nade from extreme distances and over house, hedges with zero risk. Swap rifle nade for molotov any day.
MG42 has a lot of weakness.
1. Mortor
2. Sniper
3. M3 scout car
4. Flame engi with M3 scout car.
5. Flanking Penal squad with satchel charge.
The maxim has 6 models in it compared to a MG42 having only 4, and has a much greater pack/unpack time. If you get in a molotov on an MG42 team they are almost guaranteed to retreat, or at the very least will reposition. The same can't be said about the Maxim that can keep firing after being riflenaded. If you find yourself being flanked by panzer grenadiers and being bundle grenaded, you damn right should be forced off. Any of those weaknesses are made much worse for an MG42 due to the lower models, and just because that a maxim has some weaknesses (which is called balance) doesn't mean that you should nerf the rifle grenade. Comparing the rifle grenade to a molotov is a great comparison, they are both effective at the ranges that the units were designed to fight in. The Molotov is much more effective if you manage to hit hit the enemy, which is not much harder than a rifle grenade when you can oorah around through MG cover to throw it.