Profile of ☭ Калашникова ☭

How in gods name do they suck now?

Before they let you heal in combat, run grens through PPSH fire and laugh at the gods themselves. They were broken as fuck, and they only cost 30muni.

Now they act as a good soft retreat buffer, impromptu healing and a very useful combat bonus. They're still good.

But they're not batshit broken. Which I suspect is what you liked about them.

Your right, They are so good that i will continue to use CAS every time over it.

Well, stop whining. In my experience they work just fine. 3 LMG42 Grenadier squads, with an optional HMG42 behind them, and with this buff, they cut down any kind of Allied infantry. Throw in halftrack for reinforce and flavor.

Or i could just use a CAS AI strafe and auto win that infantry fight. Box's will most likely not make the difference. If you were going to win/lose anyways box's combat difference is minimal.
The strafe will win the engagement every time.

And since i am not wasting muni on boxes i can have more mines down in addition to the lmg's on all my grens or use more riflenades which do win trades.

Cheap? ambulance is just 250 mp 10 fuel waiting to be oneshotted. I allways go to hunt thease things when im playing agaist usf. In many maps you can walk straight in to usf base with schrecks and kill it.

Sorry but i gotta do this:

"Cheap? OH Sniper is just 360 mp waiting to be oneshotted. I always go hunt these guys when i am playing against Ostheer. In many maps you can walk straight at him with rifles and kill it"


On topic: its fine. it comes out the fastest and is the cheapest option. Don't be so aggressive with it.

They are similarly priced to volks.

I feel they should perform exactly like them in the early game.

Volks dont get completely overwhelmed like grens do when supported

That is because the Kubel dose its job as a suppression platform,
Furthermore Volks come from HQ so you don't have to cut 1 squad for the building..
Maybe just starting the game with a gren is a alternative to altering the combat
ability of grens.

Or just make first T1 cost no MP.

You can play ignorant for as long as you want, But Maxim is actually fine.
Lets tear down your misplaced argument point by point:

Maxims have awful DPS and suppression

MG-42 DPS: Near: 27.501 Mid: 11.879 Far: 2.770
M1910 Maxim: Near: 24.665 Mid: 14.617 Far: 6.106

For reference point:

M2HB: Near: 26.817 Mid: 15.585 Far: 6.022
DShK: Near: 32.418 Mid: 16.753 Far: 8.254
MG34: Near: 20.626 Mid: 8.845 Far: 2.049

Well damn it appears for all the engagement ranges that matter Maxim actually does more DPS.
Further they are targeting smaller squads so that DPS means more. Its no big secret that Maxims suppress more reliably than mg42's as well. Not to mention that the Maxim is straight better than the MG34 at all ranges.

You say that Maxim's just get rifle naded but the fact is Maxims don't have to deal with smoke
that is cheap and spammable for the most part. Rifle smoke gets put down you don't have very long to pack and move back. (The area on that smoke is absolutely ridiculous as well)

You will have more Maxims than he will have 42's in almost all cases.

Lets not forget that you can use maxim's in a building if you so choose to do so, For MG-42 its a deathtrap. Most of the time it wont even face out the correct window in time because it takes so long to switch.

That is a pretty big feat to get a Katushya to do that

Kat trucks de-crew support weapons just fine, And have a decent chance on doing it on the first wave.
While Stuka is 100% accurate id rather have the Kat truck. It reloads faster and is cheaper. Wehrmacht doesn't even get competitive rocket artillery.

I want to elaborate the wide vs narrow cone issue to point out something big. in the majority of situations where the maxim needs to re set up and turn, an mg42/34 and 50 cal would not even have to bother because their arcs are good.

Well here is the problem with this: While MG-42 has a wider arc but its traverse is crap. Its effective arc is lower than what is shown. You said yourself if you get caught with your pants down the Maxim can reface in time MG-42 has to straight retreat most of the time.

In the end the reason you probably believe they are OP is because how fragile mgs are.

I didn't say maxim was OP i said it was better I am not advocating for a nerf of the Maxim
I am advocating bringing other MG's up to maxims level and in the case of the 50. cal ones, Increase
their damage significantly.

Two different classes of weapon between the 30. cal mg's and the 50 cal ones.


At the end of the day the Maxim suppresses smaller groups of infantry more effectively due to its higher mobility and DPS. While MG-42 has incend rounds at vet 1 it requires you to pre activate it.
(Not to take away from how good incend rounds are)

MG-42 is hurt by its crap traverse, Low mobility, And how squishy it is, On top of having mediocre suppression.

If i could trade Maxim for MG-42 as Wehr i would no questions asked.
MG-42's drawbacks are not worth it for what you get, its biggest benefit requires vet.

The StuG E is OP? Jesus Christ now Iv heard everything.

It is in 1's
Its fine in team games.