This is more of a thought experiment than a proper suggestion. There are some examples of man-portable machine guns which would be capable of penetrating light targets that could be added to Enlisted. I’m just curious what the general population (and any developers that happen upon this thread) think of such a thing? I’ll give two examples:
MG 13 mit SmKH (AXIS)
For those who are unfamiliar, the MG 13 was not only the gun mounted by the Panzer 1, but it also had an APCR bullet. The muzzle velocity of the MG 13 in-game is currently incorrect at 750m/s, when it should be 890m/s with standard SmK 178gr/11.55g ammunition. With 12.6g SmKH (H for Hartkern AKA Tungsten Core, similar to the PzBs’ ammunition), it should penetrate 19mm of armor.
A potential option to replace the tech tree gun is the MG 13 Kurz: Simply an MG 13 with a shorter barrel, and likely around the current in-game muzzle velocity (Regular Above, Kurz Below):
Robinson SR.9 (ALLIES)
The SR.9 is an Anglo-Australian over-the-shoulder bullpup .50 BMG machine gun, firing at 340 RPM from a 16 round top-mounted magazine. The barrel length is 63 inches compared to 45 inches on the M2 Browning HMG, meaning the muzzle velocity had to be at least the same at 890m/s (though it’s likely beyond 1000m/s, I cannot find a source). Currently, the 12.7mm M2 in Enlisted penetrates 29mm at 10m, so this weapon would have equal or greater penetrative capabilities.
Like I’ve said, this is purely a thought exercise. With everything in consideration, I’m not certain where these weapons would be placed for Battle Rating, or even the soldier type that could use them. Perhaps giving all machine guns some sort of penetrative performance is something that could be considered (most would fit between 6-13mm penetration at 10m if we look at the data on Euthy’s Google Sheets document)? Either way, I figured this would be a fun way to get some discussion going on the subject!