On the contrary. The mere existence of this thread and the decisions to apply those specific changes prove it.
The argument is whether or not is good, as Hannibal following post mentions.
No.
Shock troops where originally designed to have a weaker grenade with sorter fuse.
The MOD team according to the patch notes decided to:
"We are also improving the performance of the Shock Troops’ grenade to be on par with other anti-infantry specialists."
In order to do that they should either increase the fuse time and damage and AOE profile to be "on par" with bundle grenades or keep the sort fuse and make the profile similar to cooked grenades.
Keeping the sort fuse and they increasing the damage made the grenade superior to "other anti-infantry specialists"