Does anyone know if they ever are gonna make mg’s more useful? Between the fact bracing barely functions the fact ai will dome the machine gunner from 2 miles out or the fact at point blank you will rarely hit people. I know we don’t want the rambo mode we used to have where people could spray around corners and hit people from a thousand feet out without aiming but come on… I barely have a reason to bring an mger when smgs are just FAR! superior I can snipe people with most smgs and pre fire people at point blank it doesn’t slow you to a crawl and the dispersion isnt a joke.
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Idk, thr Vickers and the MG 13 are beasts in BR II, they arent so bad when fired crouching, and if you get to bipod them on a window or baricade they can gun down whole squads in 1-2 sec.
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Finding a window or barricade to brace down on is a pain not glitching off of stuff because of the bad bracing mechanic is also a problem. Vickers and mg 13 are okay.
Well the Madsen is sure trash, as for that Japanese MG I cant tell much since my MG guys there are 1 star & using 1 star version.
I think if you play US or Germany you cant really go wrong with any MG.
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Eh… The bar’s I understand they are basically auto rifles so they are great. The vickers/brens are okay uh once you hit br 3 most of them are okay the german mg’s are all just okay the mg 42/15 cant hit anything unless braced due to dispersion not recoil. All russian mgs aside from the madsen are really good. Idk about japan I hate japan.
I dont have much experiance with high BR MGs, but the MG39 seem to do allright when you burstfire it, but yeah in full auto from hand its not too controllable.
I use the MG13 a lot in level 1-3 and even have two MG squads in my normal unit layout, along with two in the APC. Two assaulter squads, two MG squads, an engineering and a paratrooper squad. I use the FN 1930 in my level 5 Germans as it is a lot like the BAR as well as using the MG42. But I prefer the FN 1930. Allies I use three MG squads in my level 3, and I will use some BAR’s in level 5. I just wish DF would make a BAR A2 with a 40 round mag to use in BR5.
Do you maybe also play with Japan with the MGs ? Any decent TT ones or just try to go for the FN 1930 there too ?
I bought the four FN 1930’s BP guns about a year and a half ago because I liked the US BAR, and it was similar. At level two, I used to use the Mod30, but then switched to the MG13 and I like it. At level three Germans I use both the MG34 and the FN 1930, but have since started using my FN 1930’s at level five in squads that only have one MG, so to me it is kind of like a heavy smg since it doesn’t slow the soldier down as much as as the MG34 or 42. For me, the FN 1930 and the BAR are very good if I shoot them in controlled bursts, which I did not used to do, I used to just spray and pray. 
The Japanese MGs are so fire. The type 97 with its scope and if you pick up a few Hotchkiss, they are Badass weapons and will make your squad very effective/efficient. WinPan baby!
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They now have the ke7, it’s a BAR/FN alternative but free. I would start there before using valuable gold orders. The hotchkiss is also pretty great.
If they would drastically increase MG recoil - while also drastically reducing dispersion, people would be much more effective with small bursts, while being much less effective in full auto.
With the German MGs i already just do bursts, that 50 round mag is just way too few for that RoF to go full auto
If you attack and move in close range you simply wont hit anything unless you fully commit und give at least 10 rounds on target, with a deployed bipod or standing still bursts indeed are the way to go.
with recoil perks and laying prone the type 97 mg turns into a great rapid fire sniper imo