Profile of thedarkarmadillo

And why weapons with such weapon profiles shouldn't be in game?

"Because I think so" is not a valid answer.

Ignoring multiple weapons because they do not support your point is also not valid move.

Don't cling zealously to balance decisions that are no longer present in coh2 for more then 4 years now.

Timing and cost also play a factor.
Relative positioning is a good design idea that was thrown away the same time most good design ideas were--when WFA was released.
However I see little fault in limited doctrinal options being better than the non limited non doc ones. For example say the m1919 and BAR were swapped. You pay 70mu for a 1 at a time weapon that changes rifles from aggressor to defender, the BAR being doctrinal but unchanged remains attractive in that it can be double armed (or mixed and matched) as well as enforcing their mobility. Similarly the mp40 vs stg for volks. Ooooo smoke and a small rec acc buff in exchange for long range firepower AND have to give up the lava nade? It's like having the DSHK doctrinal and a call in Maxim..the Axis examples you gave have their own drawbacks- spec ops is a doctrine with only 4 slots, falls is a tough one to master the balance of MP and muni strain the OKW doesn't usually have to deal with. Fussies is boring to play (OK not the best argument but it's got its own problems).
G43s offer a role change on squishy infantry. Stgs/BARs raise the threshold without changing anything else.
Penals transition form beating the shit out of anything they look at to slapping away light armour/nuking slowed armour. No Brainer transitions are bad design. Give us some dynamics some PROPER choice

But they nerfed Mortars in general because a pair of them could punish any attempt to use cover.

But they still have smoke

You just described conscripts here, simply exchange svt for ppsh.

Except accuracy values, vet, and the non doc flexibility. Cons would remain relevant by having oorah and snare and molotov and merge and doctrinal boons like repair and ppsh and the AT ambush package but penal would trade utility for firepower. Additionally best I recall the ppsh isn't terribly good at range while the STV is remarkable at all ranges.
The penals could have guards mosins stock which would still make them potent out the gate.

I think the AAHT and Stuart should be swapped or m2 and AT gun should be swapped. Then there is a more dynamic choice between the tiers (do you ge for mp suppression and fuel AT or mp AT and fuel suppression?) how ever you tech up should offer a way to deal with any threat, not necessarily the most effective way but a way none the less.

On a not of the offcers- what would making them 3 man squads but with support bonuses be like? Drop their pop a bit for being squishy but make them a tactical modifier instead of a free rifle squad with a weapon rack weapon. Even if it's active abilities, hell PREFERABLY with active abilities then it's not no Brainer. Look at how that altered the Wehr arty officer into being a fantastic support unit (solid in combat too but I digress)

I don't think emplacement would have been so bad if it wasn't for the implementation of brace. It could be used to save the unit and buy time for reinforcements with no real drawback. The enemy either killed the emplacement or they didn't, all or nothing bleeding on the way (unless you goofed/were outplayed)
A faction designed around super durable things that don't bleed is a faction designed to be broken as hell.
IMO if brace inflicted an MP deficit like Soviet auto repair did emplacement would have been much better balanced or if brace required garrisons so you couldn't have a Tommy blob running around putting up pressure while your emplacement hold the line. Even making emplacement cheaper on pop cap and even mp but tying a lot of their strength to being manned

The loss of the sniper snare was silly of course. I didn't see the problem with it countering lights since it was so squishy that fucking it up was a hard loss. Hell they could have just adjusted its effect against light if they needed to. Idk