pretty sure it comes at roughly the same time as the LeIG but the LeIG is garbage by comparison. Either nerf the pak howitzer because of
what blvck said, and/or change the price accordingly. Every other indirect fire piece was changed to not 1 shot squads anymore because it was frustrating and incredibly unfair, the pak howitzer is the only indirect outside of rocket arty and heavy/self propelled arty to 1 shot.
dumping 700MP into indirect isn't a lot when it wins you games. People used to build 3-4 USF mortars when they were laser guided and you couldn't just #adapt or smoke-and-flank. Same concept here. Is it impossible to flank them? no. But try flanking and killing 2x pak howis on faymonville where the map is so thin you can practically shoot from base to base with the barrage.
Difference imo is that the t0 m1 orbital strike mortar could start working asap. The bleed starting from the first engagement was what so strong. The 210mp wasn't it? Was less of a risk if it was going to force off or wipe mg42s and sturms before they can even fire enough shots to reload.
By the time there is 700mp to free up for the pak howi it should be exploitable.