P47 works worse than Stuka support (mb feels so because of worse allied armor) and costs too much for just a deterrent (can kill something only if you forget a unit in it's area - stuka kills jackson in one strafe).
My point is you were in need of maxims playing, e.g., paired with USF. Now when maxim sucks (I remember like 2 bursts in spios at mid let them go out of cone of fire unsuppressed), you should go penals. But why go penals if you can go rifles by yourself with much more utility (nade + snare + smoke) and access to racks? I see no reason playing soviets right now (don't say 'lend-lease') because as allies you must start to win early to win the whole game, and with other factions you can do it better.
There's saying that when you're in AT and switch faction in split second before host pushes search button you can go with this. The only thing I've got like this (unintended, but who believes, yeah) is no commanders and bulletins at all in my roster.