Not arguing there, bro.
It’s been said the German bolt rifles were there to protect the squad machine gun (MG38 or MG42), and the U.S. machine gun (M1919) was there to protect the Garand riflemen. It’s just a perspective on what was your main weapon.
The Germans had a different view of things. IIRC every infantry platoon had a machine gun squad.
In the US army it was more like one mg squad per company.
The US military likened warfare to team sports with each squad doing it’s part.
The Germans thought of warfare as a symphony. Each section cutting in and out on cue.