MG34 costs 210 MP, cheapest suppression platform in the game, and super replaceable.
More often than not Maxim crews will bunch up retardedly due to crappy squad pathing, so getting at least a near-fatal rifle nade is not difficult. I say LMG grens because the LMG makes finishing off a rifle-naded Maxim crew easy.
Stuka zu Fuss hard-counters Soviet T2.
Mg34 is 30 mp cheaper but it hardly suppresses anything. and btw Mg34 is a different weapon to Maxim and you use them differently.
Maxim is prob my fav mg in the game, it has a great suppression and sets up so quickly and has a very good damage.
Stuka counters Soviet T2 sometimes depends on the game but Tier 4 with obers counters it better, IMO. Stuka has 90 s recharge time. and it delays your teching eventually to T4 a lot, which can be a big deal in many games.