Guys are you for real?
If there is something wrong with the pack howie is the insane amount of squadwipes it does. It's a verry, verry dangerous weapon and it proved itself every time I played with or against it.
From my 2v2 perspective (that's the game mode I play the most) it's a nice weapon and I would trade the ISG for it any time.
If I knew I will never play USF again I would say remove pack howie and replace it with a mortar.
It's good at the job of killing blobs of troops and buildings. But the USF has tons of tools for stuff like this, and *zero* non doctrinal MP based counters to support weapons. Having the Pack Howie is a nice luxury, but the USF could really use s mortar instead.
Pack Howitzer being good at killing blobs also defeats the purpose of going T1 as USF, because entire point in T1 is killing infantry with some light utility.
Replacing it with a light 60mm mortar results in less RNG squad wipes(yay!), encourages T1 play(yay!), and solves the USF conundrum of dealing with support assets without dishing out fuel/going for a lucky flank. TBH everyone wins.