riflemen are pretty terrible. There's a reason USF players go airborne every single game now.
This.
I've seen my riflemen having an equal fight against a poorly microed grenadiere squad at close range. I thought those M1s the Army gave them was supposed to give them the edge in every fight? Doesn't seem so to me. I was capping while in cover at Kholodny Ferma behind that tank at the center VP. He rushed his grenadiere and got onto the other side of tank and actually almost beat my riflemen which never moved. I was also watching them constantly to make sure they don't hop out of cover.
Can't say much about paratroopers though. Haven't use them a lot.