machine guns

[AlienXXX]

Guys,

Thanks to all for sharing your views and experience, in particular to Narwan for explaining why the kill routines work the way they do:

Another thing to keep in mind is that these machinegun units int he game are crewserved units. What that means is that several men have to be huddled close together to use the weapon system effectively. That means the men in a mg unit will be grouped together in one or more bunches in the hex they are in. A regular infantry unit of the same size and same number of men can have them spread out all across the hex. What this means in the game is that when crewserved weapons take a hit, they tend to get more casualties than non crewserved units.

So I was right that my MGs really were taking more damage from small arms fire than normal infantry units. And there is a good reason why.
I guess the same explains what klanx171 pointed out about AT guns.

The flip side of this is that I have noticed that AT guns are much more susceptible to fire, rout quickly but are more deadly so they work well at range but suffer:kill: at anything else unless keyholed