And also nerfing the UC.
It was non meta unts and it has quickly devolved into random hack job changes that somebody on the mod team thought they could jam in.
I wouldnt call-it non meta. Good brit players always got an UC very early, sometimes even if you didnt have enough mun for an upgrade yet.
UC without an upgrade counters Sturmpios, Volks, Grens (<-- if you pay attention and dont mess up the micro), Kubel. In other words, it counters almost every early axis unit. Is that fair? Idk, but if not, then the armor nerf is the perfect way of balancing it.
The 2 weapon upgrades just cover up every single map perfectly. On urban maps or vs covered weapon teams you got the wasp, and on open field you got vickers k