At short ranges it doesn’t matter much, but at >100m or so you start to get a bit of noticeable bullet drop, and often the bulk of the MG breech and barrel prevent you from seeing where tracers are going so you have to guess.
Allowing he sights to be adjusted would solve this - they generally all have tall ladder sights or the equivalent.
Bazooka’sand Pz-fausts/shreks get to adjust the range in their sight - it sees a bit perverse that MG’s can’t.
they also need to fix the Zero on the Kar98, that thing is zeroed out to like 10 billion meters
Yes, this could be a great new mechanic added to the game.
the sights on the K98k are designed for a 6 o’clock or lollipop hold, where you put the target on top of the front sight instead of centered, for visibility. I agree it doesn’t make much sense in the game, where our engagement distances rarely if ever exceed 200m, but aiming for waistlines instead of upper chest or headshots should give results.
It’s not a bad idea most WW2 machineguns had adjustable sights.