Weapons

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I perfectly agree that a 5 man german MG34 or MG42 machine gun crew would certainly have to be more effective in the field than the same amount of GI's trying to haul around the heavy .50 cal and all it's ammo. US .50 cal's were simply not deployed in the same fashion as were those other two German MG's. So if we approach this as to how effective this weapon was at a squad level. The answer is very easy. It wasn't at all.
However, When deployed in it's typical manner ( tripod in a fixed position or vehical mount ) and used on German or Japanese infantry. Even a single .50 cal could be very devastating. Even more so I believe than those lighter German MG's that spit out bullits at a terrifying rate. The Germans soldiers were scared shitless at even the prospect that they might have to take a hit from a .50 cal round. It was considered almost a certain death sentence. The Americans used .50 cal's in the field extensively and in very very large numbers in comparison to most any other combative nation. There wasn't a great shortage of ammo for them either since they were usually in set fixed positions or were vehical mounted. I for one would increase the .50 cals soft target firepower for the CS game and reduce their movement. Making it completely impossible for them to move more than 1 hex in a turn and certainly not allow them to move and fire all in the same turn. Just my thoughts ("")