I never have any success with strafing runs. The smoke drops and the enemy just moves out of the way before it hits. When it hits, it does little damage but instantly suppresses which is nice. Is it supposed to be better at damaging infantry or is it primarily a suppress attack?
I am one of these guys that his stats goes to http://www.coh2chart.com/ webpage, stats that are analized by Relic. And I have 374 games as allied and 336 games as axis with my first 3 mates.
Those win stats look really close, with the exception of the US being ahead, all the factions are within 1 percentage point. For a 5 faction game, that is amazing balance I think!
OKW AT gun isn't bad, but the longer range of the pak can lead to safer kills. They're easier to kite so you need to be better at ambush tactics. I think it's a fun challenge, but I'm just an average player so I often don't secure the kill where with the pak I would get the second shot off with the longer range. I guess the pak is just easier?
You'll notice that all the vids are around the same length, between 30 and 40 seconds ish, except for that one video of the volks getting hit by the RNG gods, and that one with the HE rounds.
Let me know if you need more video evidence or if there are any other scenarios you want me to try out.
Just for fun, I made this video, this was the first try:
https://vid.me/k8JD 4 double zook riflemen squads against a king tiger with no mg upgrade.
It's relevant because the thread is about volks blobs being op. But they aren't, because even stock infantry can kill them when they are equipped with schreks, you can test it yourself, even cons beat them pretty handily when both are max vet. I just don't think it's that big of a deal to handle. I'm not trying to say volks blobs are bad, I'm trying to say they are not OP.