And so does 42 with AP rounds vs M5, and it's much more effective than Maxim or M2hb vs 251, and alleys MGs doesn't have such ability, only Dshk, which is doctrinal, in 1 playable doctrine, and also most expensive MG in the game.
Allied machine guns just shooting normally will cause bad days for Axis HT's. Yes Incendiary rounds on the MG42 rip shit apart, it is known comrade which is why Relic is giving it a price increase and a build time increase.
All I'm trying to say is the M5 is going to be quite powerful, but I don't really have an issue with that other than for OKW it's a pain in the butt if you went T1.