Konflikt '47 Season.

[Cypher226]

Looking at the British Army list yesterday and I've got a question about LMG's.

British infantry get's an extra shot for every 3 riflemen.  Thus, for a "Regular" infantry section (where each soldier is 10 points), 4 shots costs:
-30 points for 3 men with rifles.
-40 points for 2 men where one is given an LMG (20 points for 4 shots) and one becomes a non-firing loader.

Aside from 6 more inches of range on the LMG vs the rifles and the possibility that if your unit survives down to 2 men (unlikely, right?), you'll have a couple more shots, what's the advantage?

Seems like 10 points less for the riflemen and having an extra body in the unit would be a better deal.

LMG's are in an odd place in the Bolt Action rules, it's been debated ad-infinitum in every possible forum and facebook page.  There are a few suggested tweaks but I can't remember them offhand. 
It's a question of 'historical' flavour vs points efficiency I think in K47.