In general, don't have both of your machine guns firing at the same infantry squad. Always assume that if your machine guns are being attacked that there is a flanking attack coming.
Why?
One of the following is true:
- Your enemy is sending one squad to bait machine gun fire, and using the rest of his army to flank you. In this case, you'll be glad you have your second MG free to deal with the flanking force.
- Your enemy is attacking you head on with his entire army, which will be pinned by your first MG without any help from your second.
Either way, as long as your second machine gun is free, your are likely to win the battle.
I generally prefer to keep my second MG team "back" a bit, in order to make it easier to reposition against flanking attacks. See diagram below.
Also remember that infantry take reduced damage from bullets when suppressed or pinned, so your second squad isn't adding a whole lot of damage anyway (What is suppression?).
There are of course situations when you should break this rule (e.g. using them to quickly focus fire down a flamer, or when your flank is already covered), but it's definitely true in most cases.
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