HMG42 is fine, it's very good but feels balanced.
It is a simple "over-kill" for the timing, every buff for other stock-units would be a better way for balancing and making game less cancer and luck-laster.
Maxim is total garbage for 260mp. Assgrens can straight up sprint head on to Maxims full length of fire and not be suppressed to get behind them.
Don't lie, you know that isn't true.
Come to think of it, a much longer cooldown between Assgren call in would be good.
the cooldown is still long and they are expensice. They are good, but nothing near of op.
.50 Cal is far too good in regards to setup time, you basically cannot flank one before it repositions and suppresses.
It is good, because it fighes versus shit-vehicles.
MG42 for OKW would be about the worst suggestion I've ever seen in this forum.
Let the HMG42 arrive 5min later is a bad suggestion? Funny to read that.
Offtopic of MGs but other things that need to be addressed is the Chuchills ridiculous 1400 HP at 165 fuel, and UC survivability to small arms is too good, it should take a bit more damage from all angles.
There are many other things not balanced that than, like the main-gun of Churchill is able to kill a non-vet Panther in many situation. Most Allii verhicles are too good allrounders only lacking versus some OP german stuff like Elefant or PaK43 if you picked the wrong commander. Same for Panzerwerfer, most time it is shit and sometimes it killes everything, bad unit-design.
First really bring some stock abilities and units for all fractions. So they are able to deal with cancer-units like Brits are able versus Elefant. So we get a base for balancing from 1vs1 and 4vs4.
The commander-system of CoH2 is still shit.