Weapons

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I agree with your statements completely Ivan. The .50 cal was outnumbered 6 to 1 by .30 cal MG's primarily becouse it was completely impractical to think they could be used tactically in the same fashion as the .30 cal's were. They were just flat out to heavy and cumbersome to adequetly perform the task neccassary for mobile infantry support. It just couldn't happen. However when they were used, IMO those .50 cal's had a greater impact on the forces they were hitting or trying to hit than those smaller caliber weapons. I think your statements above hit the nail right on the head. It's a fact that what might be considered adequet cover from .30 caliber MG's simply wasn't from a .50 caliber. The game as it's played now doesn't provide that very well IMO. It comes close to saying these troops that are out in an open hex in this CS game are all just standing up there like clay pigeons ?. There not. It would be reasonable to think those troops are out looking for adequet cover from the weapon firing on them, Be it a mound of dirt or rocks. The bottom line I think is that those troops would find adequet cover alot sooner with .30 caliber MG's firing on them than they would with .50 caliber MG firing on them. There is a trade off here of some sorts. Sustainable rounds per Minute versus hitting power and the troops under this fire being able to find good cover from it.