MG's on Soviet Tanks

[Fischer]

Is it just me or do the soviet MG's on the tanks seem pretty much useless compared to what the Werhmact have for MG damages once their tanks have them.  Or even what the sherman can do to infantry has a noticibly huge difference in damage.  Why is it that when I have two IS-2's and a T34/85 in an enemy base shooting at 4 or 5 infantry units they "MAY" hit and kill every one out of four or five shots? The MG bursts from the tanks seems pathetic.  You may kill one guy in four MG bursts from the tanks.

I know the IS-2 and T34 both say good vs. tanks but this is exactly what the sherman, panther, and panzer say but will destroy infantry units with their guns and MG's.  So is it just me that noticed this or am I not the only one?

[Artillerist]

Thats why I usually dont use tanks, because germans have tons of schrecks and SA tanks cant defend themself.

Pz.Shcersk vs T-34 or Is-2 - tank killed.
PTRD crew or Gurads with grenades vs Pz.4 or Pz.V - infantry riped off.

Is-2 in game have only 1 LMG, must be 2 LMG and 1 HMG. T-34 have 2 useless LMG. Compared to 3 LMG of Panther, wich's LMG fire is very hard and accurate. I dont even speak about Tiger, wich usually kills 2-3 men with gunshot and more 3-5 with bursts of two his MG.

[Sovereign]

Normally I only build 2 in a match at most and in most cases just a single Stalin supported by sturmovie igenery and shit loads of inf and AT. 

[PSIHOPAT]

Mg from soviet tanks is like toy weapon...like a pistol with water instead of bullets.

Is almost useless now.

[BDNeon]

Comparitively, the main gun, especially on the T-34, is insanely potent against infantry. Why not nerf the splash damage and buff the MG damage?

[PSIHOPAT]

Agree.And that for all tanks.

Explosion range reduced from shells,and MG buffed.

[Blue]

It's just you.

[Polo]

It's just you.

from the looks of the above posts, it doesn't seem like it.

[Loupblanc]

 I'm fine. And, yea, T34 cannon blast is insane against
 infantry. As historical. Russians had + barrel size compared
 to german and what their guns lacked in AP, they certainly
 caught up on the HE

 As for the MGs, well, balance, yknow?
 

[mike b]

I've never lost an IS-2 vs infantry. The key is to amass tanks and bull rush just like tanks were used in real life. So basically most Soviet players conscript spam....I tank spam