Bar vs FG42 is it a draw?

[chuckfourth]

Hi pdoktar
FG42 should not be compared to an assault rifle, it is really a very lean LMG.
In the light of the objections to my suggestion, an acceptable compromise I would think would be to leave accuracy at 1 but change Hit to 5 and range to something like 800 m this would I think better reflect the weapons abilities/use as a rifle than what we currently have. I quote the BAR values to simplify my argument as in game terms the weapons are identicle. However there is an importaint proviso to this I think the bar is overrted as a LMG. I actually think it should have values more like ac 10 hit 2 and range unchanged. Thus these values are what I think should be given to slot 1, acc 10 hit 2.
The paratroopers got this weapon for reasons like... what if in the drop the LMG is on the wrong side of the gully etc? The squad can still perform effectively because -any- of the rifles can be used to replace the missing LMG the rest of the squad can surrender a few magazines to the designated LMG and we can now effectively suppress the objective and use the rest of the squad as riflemen. Dont forget the Americans considered the rifle section of their squads to provide the same firepower as the BAR. The current BAR values dont reflect this.
Thanks for your interest Chuck.