Improved weapons on character causes death

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i am not a native english speaker, so sorry for probably bad english here.
i am using the german client for the game and i do not know the english names for classes or actions ingame. nevermind.
i am just a regular guy.

i am grinding the moscow campaign as axis right now.
i have bought for my tier 1 engineer squad (ingame: 36th engineer battalion) a MKb 42(W) (battlepass weapon?!) for my assault character.
i have in this battalion 3 engineers, one radio operator and one assault character.

as an engineer squad, i am trying to set up rally points first, ammo crates or at/aa positions etc.

i have notice something: since i bought this weapon, my assault character with this gun, dies always first.
i am relatively far away from the frontline, there is an explosion somewhere and the assault guy dies or i hear gunshots and then i relaize my assault guy is dead.

if you finish your engineer duty, you want maybe to attack and in 80% (it is just a feeling) of the cases, my guy with the MKb 42(W) is dead.
this tier 1 squad have a lack of automatic weapons/firepower. they are using mostly boltactions and if you want to switch to the assault guy to attack, this guy is always dead.
this sucks!

so what is going on here?
i mean, come on!

i put this assault guy first in the second position (after the boltaction engineer), he dies first in 80% of the cases,
then i put the assault guy in the third position and he dies first in 80% of the cases.
explosions here, gunshots there, my assault guy is dead. every member of this squad is fine but the assault guy is dead.

short story long, my assault guy with his improved weapon (for this battalion) seems to die very quickly and i can not use his firepower in combat.

so what is the point here? every time i need some improved firepower, my charracter is fucking dead!
i am very disappointed!

yes, sometimes i can use this character for assault operations, but most the time, he is dead!
this is a bad joke!
why this character is dying first? why? i am pissed!

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It probably has to do with the fact that you lead your squad with the soldier with the best weapon. Your are most likely sprinting to the point or wherever you are going, and your squad lags behind. The squad AI do not/cannot sprint to keep up with you/your soldier, so you (the guy with the good gun) is killed first.
(welcome to the game/community)

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my first character in this engineer squad is an engineer with his boltaction.
you set your rally point first, then an ammo crate or a fortification.
you keep some distance to the frontline because as an engineer you have better things to do for your team.
if your are done, you might to attack an objective.
in this case you want to switch to the assault guy but in 80% of the cases he is already dead. “because of reasons”.
espacially against the russian space marines with their " automatic close combat abillities".

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Other players tend to aim for the most dangerous opponent first, in your case it’s the mkb wielding assaulter.

Or, even more simple reason: your assaulter shoots more bullets, so he is spotted by the enemy more easily.

IN ENLISTED, SMGS ALL HAVE TRACER BULLETS for some reason.

You have 2 solutions:

1- while you build your rally point, order your bots behind cover using the “x” key.

2- order your bots into passive mode, they will not shoot and not attract attention.

Welcome to the game!

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@Conscript_Joe explained it the best.
REMEBER: Your AI squamates have the same IQ of a headless chicken, so always keep that in mind.

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Remember, you can always pick up your dead assaulters weapon, and build an ammo crate with your engineer for it.

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something i noticed in game is that some just run straight in and are cannon fodder, i was just telling a mate he had to stop this, he has just recently gotten into enlisted
cause of me
take his squad, go back then around, look into the heart of enemy land from a far. and just keep at a distance picking them off until the right time,
luckily he got it down, stopped crying
yeeted some fools and of course trys
we all can respawn next time so shit just take your time

now he digs it man

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got to always remind the new guys to pick up that damn mg42 before it despawns lol
what would you think would be rule number one once one is able to fully equip their troops with the more later things in the progression and unique weaponry