I said that because FP cant get sniped from the front,or stolen but youre right they both realistically perform the same
But if you need an area/flank covered from an infantry mob then..which one would you trust? a fighting position w/ MG or a MG team in green cover?
a fighting position is a static position, and youre not always gonna manage to put one up to cover a flank while youre advancing. thats the benefit of the 50cal team, you can constantly reposition and help cover new approaches where as the fighting position cant. also i trust MG teams in green cover since its pracically impossible to wipe a full health squad in green cover with one mortar or grenade.
Thanks for the links.
The dps is not so important at this point, supression is.
And if you look at at supession at the link you gave, the supression of the 50 cal dips much lower with range compared to the MG42.
I guess this may be what leaves an impression that it supresses too little to stop an uncoming charge. Im not saying it needs to doas well as the MG42.Just that it does that job a bit too bad to be fully worh it.
I didn't check your numbers wrt the fighting position. I don't doubt them either. But it's funny how different it seems to be from my playing experience.
make sure youre looking at the correct weapon.
http://www.coh2-stats.com/small_arms/m2hb_50cal_mp
http://www.coh2-stats.com/small_arms/hmg_team_mg42_mp as you can see the suppression per burst is very similar to each other.
a few edits after looking at the numbers again:
fighting position does have higher suppression but still significantly less dps at long range