Aye I was wrong about range 35, because I accidentally looked at the vetted value for the IR STG44.
But they are still about as good at all ranges up to about 25-30 because they get two of them.
At range 23 an IR STG44 squad has more DPS than an LMG 34 squad against a unit in cover.
"But they are still about as good at all ranges up to about 25-30 because they get two of them."
Not willing to do the math now but it is still subpar as a choice at 29 range i think
It removes 2 kar98k instead of 1. At 27 range rhoughly there should be no difference from a kar98k and stg it without accounting for green cover bonus.
At 30 or 29 range even with cover bonus lmg34 should start to surpass it.
Ir stg is overall better as upgrade, but it is never better at any range over lmg 34