Well, rifles cost more, don't have support of any stock elite infantry, don't carry best handheld AT weapon and are the only infantry the army relies on.
Also, vet5, especially on volks doesn't mean they should be stronger, because you know, its a compensation for a feature that doesn't cripple okw anymore, low resources.
For similar reasons cons also have stronger vet.
Kat why you always misunderstand I was stating the point of the one I replied face palm
And no cons don't have best vet unless they change vet 1 (with greens)
Another example is pgrens