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The Shutzen Regiments attached to Rommel's 7 Panzer Division had
apparently acquired extra MG34s to the extent that most of their
squads had two rather than one of these weapons. In the rules there
is already an allowance for units that have a large number of
automatic weapons, such as Machine Pistols or assault rifles, which
gives them an additional firing dice at short range. Indeed this was
designed to cover short range assault weapons. My thoughts re the
extra LMGs is that an extra firing dice should be added at any
range. Any thoughts?
Secondly, the British, Empire and Commonwealth Unversal bren carrier
may clearly act independently. Were this weapon belt fed it would
fire as a crew served MG in a vehicle, however it is not. Having a
relatively small magazine restricts its firepower. So rather than
firing with 3 or 4 dice, I am inclined to restrict it to 2 dice, or 2
dice plus two for a higher quality unit. Equally this could also
apply to the tripod mounted brens used as support weapons by the
Regiments in the Rifle Corps rather than the heavier Vickers.
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