What is the magic?
Smoke and mortar get the MG42 fast, and with the pin difficulty versus the shock's, if get 2 shock's, the mg42 have problem's...
Or mix a Conscript with molotov, and finish... Always running to base with the MG guy's...
And i tired of see a MG42 shooting a pinned shock's squad (with low distance), but dont kill anything, just pin! Soo the shock's get impossible armor that resists a MG42! Too fun!
I keep MG42 behind my lines engaging Shoks with Grens. I don't let them come close. I lure them into my setting up MG42. If they smoke to brake the suppression I reposition MG42 to catch them again when they come out of smoke.
I get second MG42, Sniper or FHT if there is more than one squad of Shocks on the field. Smiling, because with their upkeep and reinforcement cost I'll be able to punish and hurt Soviet player a lot.