Insane compared to what? Soviets? Because that is the only faction in game that does not have 20 non doctrinal ways to burn muni through upgrades.
So is OKW with more expensive Upgrades, USF and UKF with less effective Upgrades, but ability to get 2 per squad for twice the cost.
I will blow your mind with it, but ost does not have it any worse then other factions and only soviets have it better because they lack non doctrinal Upgrades and muni dumps.
Ost can not afford anything when they Need to pay 60 mun per squad, but USF magically affords to pay 120 mun per squad + use abilities + offmaps. Mmmmkay.
the pressure to upgrade is significantly less on the USF, while the UKF typically go for squad upgrade.
While you will want to buy upgrade for your rifleman eventually, they can actually put it off until significantly later.
By comparsion, the wehr their weaker infantry have a significantly greater need to upgrade.
the panzergrenadier +schreck upgrade just doesn't mesh. The USF typically only need one squad with double bazooka, and usually that's the captain by default. The possibility of using Rear echolen for anti-tank duty is a great convenient.
The UKF does a similar by having Sapper + PIAT. The PTRS on the penal is just enough to fight off the weaker axis light vehicle (now that the Luch got nerfed), while sacrificing less firepower on a cheaper unit.
spending 340 mp on an "elite" anti-infantry to convert it to anti-tank unit just doesn't work.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to make pgrens able to put away their shrecks the same way sturmpios do with sweepers? Costing 340mp and 120muni I think it'd be nice to not make your squad useless vs infantry.
being able to swap on the field would be insanely powerful and render the disadvantage moot.
restricting it to HQ sector seems like it would be over complicating the matter.