This HMG could have been taken down in less than 40 seconds and even without any upgrade if those Cons were properly micro'd.
Instead of splitting this blob up so that the MG42 cannot suppress all of them at once the Soviet player simply did NOTHING.
Even an unsupported MG42 in green cover should be able to force such a blob away if the other player is too lazy to do something.
Running up to an HMG, getting all squads suppressed, do nothing until the HMG gets destroyed.
Great design!
lets say you force it off after cons only get one or two shots off. and then you have another engagement and the same things happens. and a third. and then you have a fourth and suddenly your HMG team dies because the weapon was destroyed. PTRS,schrecks, and bazookas are the only infantry weapons that do this and neither the schreck nor the bazooka do it with consistency.