Most engagements happen at long or close range, there are 4 units with assault rifles in this game and none of them are Allies. What incentive is there for an Allied player to sit in the Pgrens perfect target zone when they excel at either long range with para LMG or rifle 1919's or ass hugging range in the case of shocks?
Carbines (Penals, Paratroopers; other units not worth mentioning) and USF have Bars.
People tend to polarize everything saying that either it's hugging or max range. I'll remember you that cover is meant to be use and theres plenty of engagements at mid range.
Carbines/Assault Rifles (in a general sense) are meant to work according to what type of unit you are engaging.
SMG: engage at distance.
Rifle/LMG: engate at close range
Disagree. Please notice that the "hoorah" approach would have been done from side while pzgrens were engaged in combat with the guard squad and the following battle would have taken place without pzgrens benefiting of green cover, because cover is directional. How could 2 cons squad not effectively engage that pzgren squad from close distance with no cover involved? Even better, the cons would have been positioned on the pzgrens retreating path. Let's not try to avoid noticing obvious things just to contradict someone.
Cause you are not trading cost effectively. You are securing a victory with heavy losses and munition expenditure, when you can do the same by just soft retreating the guards and using proper cover and micro movements