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Originally Posted by Kartoffel
AGLs are a waste of points, save your purchasing power and buy a 12.7mm HMG if you want the most bang for your buck.
Just thinking about how much destruction a simple RL hand 'nade is capable of, I would have to say on the RL battlefield AGLs must be a holy terror.
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GMG Warhead size is 3 against a 50 cal warhead size of 1.
Warhead size is a major contributor to HE penetration of light armour, and to the killing of soft vehicles. It also contributes to killing of troops, esp in cover. It also contributes to "splash" damage to units not the original target.
HMG and GMG
teams produce splash damage. Comes from the unit class and not the weapon.
However, vehicle mounted HMG do not - but vehicle GMG do - splash damage. (Try firing a WMIK landrover with the 50, and one with the GMG with blast radius on). I have not tried the GMG in a rifle team (non MG class) - but it will likley be similar, ie splash for the GMG and none for the MMG/HMG.
Splash damage accounts for the "mortar" effect of GMG in SP - it can reach into cover.
Range tends to be similar, as is accuracy, for 50 cal. GMG usually outrange 30 cal MMG though.
GMG sometimes have some HEAT rounds.
The 50 HMG has more bursts than a GMG, however.
You takes your money and make your choice, six of one and half a dozen of the other. However, the British army has become a late convert to the GMG and the UGL after decades of ignoring them.
Cheers
Andy