I guess you won't mind suppressed conscripts not being able to throw molotovs either, then. Good to hear.
Molotovs can't be thrown from the edge of the MG42s arc. You actually have to rush in to where it hurts, lose 3-4 models and then retreat. And a good player will reposition his MG42 once the conscripts are suppressed right away.
Rifle grenades don't require you to leave cover and expose yourself and can be fired from very far away and don't give the maxim time to reposition. Even if it did reposition, it wouldn't help as the rifle grenade range is almost the same as the maxim's and at Vet2, grens can actually fire it further than the maxim range.
It's getting to that stage of my fanboy detector firing that I'm wondering if you actually play Soviets? (scorecard plx)