I think it's at range 16 that rifles garands and penals SVTs consider 'mid', whereas the volks Kar98k its 25. Most weapons don't achieve their 'close range' accuracy until there is 0 range. For the SVT its a range of 6 and for Garands its 3. It's minimal, but it affects the accuracy curve.
So it's in between 25 and 16 meters that Volks pretty much lose their advantage to Rifles. And at 10 meters the benefits of cover are mitigated, which quickly swings the balance of power towards the more rapid firing weapon.
Allot of weapon have different close mid far ranges but I was not talking about that (your close mid far ranges for those weapon are correct).
What I was saying was that would describe a mid fight one that takes place from 20-10 regardless of weapons involved and so on. Thus it seemed strange to me when you claimed that VG beat riflemen at a mid fight.