Not Really WFA engineer are potent "engineer" units the only thing the miss over EFA enginner are the flamers.
His point is that US and OKW both have repair options so their engineers don't need to repair as much. Echelons didn't even have a mine until recently, and even with it you'll still see Riflemen planting more mines with their doc ability
The 3 Western engineers are very clearly more geared towards combat than pios and CEs. They're not bad at engineering, they just don't have to do it as much
All engineers should get veterancy from engineering tasks. Do any of the modteam know if this is possible? Would be great to see kills from mines be credited to the engineer that placed them