im rank 130 1v1 with soviets, i use the barrage several times every game. huh what now?
im rank 300 with ostheer, how often did i use ap rounds of mg42? maybe like 4 times in my 100 ostheer games, why? because noone is stupid enough to stay in its arc combined with the reload animation of 2 seconds.
you are doing it wrong if you are activating it while the enemy unit is in its line of fire already
mg42 is supposed to be just behind the line to stop a break through and if you pop that puppy riiight before said breakthrough ANYTHING that pushes bar an actual tank, hell even a t34 will think twice
ALSO incendiary rounds + ambush camo + hold fire until in mid range = amazing
my ONLY problem with the vet rounds is that they are leaps and bounds better at fighting armour than the DSHK (.50 cal) AP rounds due to rof and the slight damage buff of 10x (iirc? or is it 3x the damage?) i know the DSHK ones are free and dont require vet but it still seems silly to me and i think the increased pen should be a passive thing from the get go