Alright, to get the most important bit out of the way, (I added sections again) the MG42 needs more ammo and and fire rate.
I’ve encountered enough M2 Stingers to make a judgement.
Ammo Count And Fire Rate
200 - 250 rounds at least. Or make the ammo adjustable.
And of course, the most important bit. Fire rate. At least 1200 rounds per minute or 1500 would be good as how it usually was meant to be.
Thoughts
Yes, I do get the fact that the MG42 early does have more fire rate. However, I’m not willing to spend any money just to get the same gun, but just with more firing speed. Well, mainly because I’m broke of course. But I had enough of quickly running out of ammo mid engagements or gun fights. Yes, I do think that firing in quick bursts could help counter it, but it genuinely does not work well against big enemy groups.
Mounting Problem
This is the secondary topic I am on about. Its pretty short, but I might discuss it further on later. In general, I’m on about how most of the times, when mounting a gun, it always refuses to stay stable. It decides to stay on the surface for a bit, then move around my soldier, making it not mounted again. I don’t know if this happens on PC but I can confirm its definitely happening on Xbox. I would appreciate it if they can fix it or something.
Closing Statement
To be honest, that’s all.
I was going to think about putting it in Mess Room, but it more seems of an suggestion than a discussion overall.
Feel free to share your thoughts down on the comments, I’d love to relate to others on both topics, and see your overall experiences with it.
As much as I like mocking wehraboos and laughing at the “Germany suffers” meme, I agree that Germany deserves a 100+ rds MG too, and I’d like it to be an MG42.
I don’t necessarily advocate for higher fire rate, because in my opinion 1200 rpm is even too much and wasting ammo, but I’m not against it.
I wouldn’t mind buff to the MG42 Early too since 50 ammo mags are not enough. I’m playing it in BR5 anyway so won’t bother me even if they up the BR.
Free belt fed mg for the TT of the Axis should be the priority, we have been neglected for too long. At same time i think american M1919 should get buff to the Firerate since 550 is not enough.
Ammunition belts for the MG42 usually contained either 50 or 250 rounds. The most common version was the 50-round version, which allowed greater mobility for soldiers.
The MG42 is known for its high rate of fire. Depending on the specific configuration and conditions, its rate of fire is approximately 1,200 to 1,500 rounds per minute. This high rate of fire made it one of the most feared and effective machine guns of World War II.
Germany needs a 100+ round LMG, they’re the only faction that doesn’t have one. The MG-42 is the perfect candidate to this. And before anyone says the Type 100 only has 50 rounds, you have to remember it has two barrels and fires from two magazines at the same time doubling the rate it can kill someone therefore is 100 rounds.
I think all light machine guns max ammo could be modified if they hold more then 30 and less than 50 rounds, instead of +2 magazines it should be +3. So DT-27 and DPM 47 round magazine, with 94 total ammo should be 141. That same can be said about total ammo cap of the MG-34, MG-42 and premium equivalents. 30 and 25 round LMG’s should hold a max cap of 150, and 20 round should have 140 max. That weird Soviet BP LMG that holds 15 can hold 150 max.
This would all take place before ammo pouch upgrades. Because magazine pouches give +1 a minimum or +10% whatever is lower for Small ones, large ammo pouches give +100%
I could go off on a tangent here and say ammo in general needs to be adjusted but I’ll leave it with bolt action rifles, those should not hold less then 30 rounds for the 5 round magazine ones, 36 for the 6 rounders, and 40 for the 10 rounders.
I think the devs forget sometimes people miss, And sometimes they shoot at an enemy only to waste a round on some random BS invisible wall that sticks a foot off of an object. So doing this with the weapons would go a long way, especially LMG’s.
Is 300 rounds with a large ammo pouch really to much?
Dont be childisch no 200 rounds loadout in the techtree please 100 is enough, russia got even more allready, just invent some new mg for Germany BR IV and add MG 42 to BR V with 100 ammo belt (no need firerate improvement thx), but dont forget to upgrade early mg 42 pls its my favorite premium infantry squad
Honestly a 250rnd beltfed MG42 would be a welcome addition IMO. After the RPD, AK47 and Maxim it would be an actuslly HA addition to the game. Maybe give it an overheat. Idk
If I remember correctly standard issue belts for 7. 92 mm ammo used in the MG-42 among others only use 50 round belts. But those belts could be linked together to make the bigger belts so realistically a hundred rounder is entirely possible. If they really wanted they could do 500 round belt during the war. You’re only worry was barrel changes.
But going above 100-150 would be excessive. Especially because the stinger can put down sustained fire for prolonged periods of time in the right hands. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a 250 round belt fed MG-42 or other MG line LMG as an event weapon with a 150-200+ round belt.