Ty for the bump. I actually forgot I made this over a month ago. Would make a solid improvement without effecting directly anything balance wise. Please add Relic!
You can severely hurt or kill a P4 tank with 2 SU76's + Guard or ATG. There are to many underused units at the moment, don't be afraid to branch out. SU-76 are a soft vehicle counter that can quickly adapt to tackle on infantry/support. It's main gun is a bit inaccurate so dont expect kills, but it makes units jump a fair bit.
Shock Troops can also nullify a heavy T2 from Ostheer, just be careful of FHT.
T1 use Snipers or T2 use Maxims if you have gone a Guard doctrine to handle them PG's. You can do it either way.
However you are certainly right. Once you make that teching decision for Soviets I do feel locked in for a longer period of time in comparison to Ostheer.
Ruins would actually be pretty sweet in CoH2, never thought of that! Pretty sure though someone will make an urban heavy map when the mappers are let loose!
Brummbar already is a good unit, just no one uses it because the P4 is better. This will probably let it be seen more against heavier infantry play styles.
I've been using it a fair bit though and a heavy T1,T2 to T4 Ostheer against a T1/T2 - T4 Russian can be brutal. T3 still got to be so careful against because of what a T70 can do to your whole army if you get caught out of position once and it takes longer to get that light AT vehicle longer.