back to the discussion, it depends. When I play Wermacht and people try to blob the MG42 is god mode. Whoever says Wermacht has trouble with blobs doesn't use them properly (Layer them, buy a lot of them, protect them).
Atleast i have popcap issue with this. After the last patch i am constantly spamming bunkers to get soft retreat points that suppress because i cannot popcap afford more than 2 mg.
With Brits...man it would be nice of the vickers actually pinned at some point.
Vickers is a LOT better than mg42 if you micro it. (ok ok ok Mg42 is a lot better when enemy blobs so hard that they stomp each others feet)
Last 2vs2 game i had against 2 usf players... 20 minutes in game they had 8+6 rifleman squads... Only way to damage them seemed to force retreat to minefield with mg42 and mortars...