What ever happened to the spotting system?

[raz_atoth]

Just to clarify... HMGs CAN fire without being spotted. I've been in a couple of circumstances at the receiving end without knowing from where exactly the fire was coming. It depends on the distance between the hgm and it's target and the number of enemy troops you have ahead. Probably there are other factors to consider as well (the quality of enemy troops,the direction they're looking at,what they're doing etc..).

You can expect to stay hidden if you fire at a enemy squad running 500m away. If you have a company of infantry at 100m coming your way,your HMG will be spotted almost instantly. Which i guess is a realistically behavior.

How to efficiently use it? Put it behind bocage and use if for long range fire against infantry. If you see tanks coming you'll be probably better if you hold fire. Change it's position every minute at least,and leave your opponent waste mortar shells on it's previous locations. Don't expect for your HMGs to inflict a huge amount of casualties,expect for the enemy forces to be pinned instead.