Yes, and it's utterly moronic. Why would you punish mixed compositions and reward spam in what's supposed to be a combined arms game?
because the game is moving away from combined arms. a faction with long and short ranged elite infantry stock "needs" their core infantry to be able to fight any and all infantry from long or short range, to be able to deny cover and build it, clear garrisons and bust engines because despite their plethora of unavoidable support they are in-de-pendant.
now soviet are penals or bust as their team weapon tier is as wet a noodle as the infantry it would be accompanied by, there is discussion of tommies are being watered down design wise so they can be more flexible and durable grens, and rifles, well rifles were the only infantry that was actually DESIGNED to be the overwhelming majority of their army, everything in the usf lineup is supposed to be about supporting them so idk fine there i guess.
at least ost's team weapon-centric design hasnt been desecrated yet