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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
You just described the C6, substitute MG42.
I will say that when in a fire fight you want to get the initiative. You get the initiative by getting rounds down range at a greater rate than your enemy. While my memory of infantry section/platoon tactics are hazy, that much I recall.
Regarding load, heavy loads just make the term: Light Infantry funnier.
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The idea is to get the enemy heads down and in a panic situation, Machine guns are not the most accurate weapon out there, though there have been remarkable improvements on that side of things.
But firing a wall of bullets down range and making enemies kick off their self preservation instincts lets you take the initiative.
However in the day and age of mobility warfare and combined arms most of the time machine guns are more effective as a mounted weapon that allows you to unload your infantry from your APC while the gunner keeps their heads down.
Machine guns really hit their zenith as a super weapon in WW1, with the angle trenches.