Conscripts are effective in mid range and they not carry assault or automatic rifles. An assault rifle is best used BOTH mid range and close range. Automatic rifles are for close range, at most for mid range. Period.
Effective against what? Osttruppen? Because PGs will stomp them on all but far range in equal cover, grens are equal fight on mid range(no LMG obviously).
And weapons with low effective range are for close range. That means PPSH and MP40. StG44 are most effective at mid range, but also great at close range, thing is, they are NOT assault troops because they have no characteristics of assault troop, no sprint, no durability, no armor, everything screams they are NOT for assaults. I really wish I could add something more here but FU NDA.