Rifleman blobs are FAR too op right now. Rifleman historically and in game should not have a chance against veteran volksgrenadier squad
Your "veteran" volksgrenadier squads were an amalgamation of barely trained conscripts, men previously deemed unfit for service, and transfers from the Luftwaffe and kriegsmarine held together by veteran NCOs.
The trope of the elite Wehrmacht / WSS was probably always more fantasy and fiction than fact, but it certainly wasn't the reality in late '44 and '45.
By this point in the war the average allied soldier on both fronts was generally better trained and equipped than whatever manpower Germany could continue to draw upon.
If anything volksgrenadiers should function like how Tommies do now, with an out-of-cover penalty, given that they were purely defensive divisions lacking any sort of heavy equipment. If we went that balancing route I could even see giving them in-cover camo or something.
Historically, gren or volk with theirs bolt action rifles should not have a chance again rifle with semi auto weapons.
Come on man, don't you play video games? Semi-auto rifles magically do less damage than their bolt-action counterparts, no matter the cartridge being fired. Besides, it's not like cycling a bolt-action and keeping sight picture under fire is difficult or anything.
It really is a wonder how Germany lost WW2 at all.