They are not, the G43s are a near/mid range and offensive upgrade. Pfussies just happen to have somewhat decent long range DPS because they have six rifles in total, but per rifle the long range DPS on both their Kar 98Ks and G43s is similar to Volks and Grens Kar 98K.
My apologies, they are not a long range squad they are a mid to close range squad that just also happens to be good at range. Thanks for clearing that up.
Anyone else remember when roles actually meant something? Back when not every squad was good at all ranges and on the move? When a long range squad didn't "just happen to be" Good in close quarters and mid close squads didn't "just happen to" be good at long range too?
I'm thinking guards should get ober stgs instead of mosins so that despite 2/3 of their guns only firing when stationary this pegging them as a static long range squad they might "just happen to be" also good up close and on the move too?
But seriously. Fuck defined roles. The more good at all ranges and on the move squads the better. They used to call coh a tactical RTS but I'd sooner drop the tactics and focus solely on unit cost so we can revive to RTS genre at the expense of this silly niche.