I'm planning to play mostly 1v1 at least in rankeds, not a huge fan of 2v2 and more, also I only got the original coh2 so I won't have any problems with US.
with that description I understand more how I'm going to play, also mind to give me details why is whermacht sniper the best in the game ? in terms of mobility ? rof ?
I'm gonna add that I used to play a defensive style mainly with grenadiers to be able to react anywhere and mg / mortar / pak, does this still work fine ? as long as you have no holes where units can pass behind your lane obviously.
Ok grenadiers drop like flies in the face of enemy infantry and indirect fire BUT the patch will help this slightly by spreading their formation, reducing their popcap and nerfing some enemy mortars and overpowered allied infantry. The sniper is best because (I think) it fires faster than anyone else. US dont have a sniper, the brit one comes slightly later - the soviet one has two men and is a pain in the *** but fires slower and can be killed by a single mortar strike. The whermacht sniper is the best because of its fire rate and its health which can survive a mortar strike and because its the saving grace of wehrmacht in 1v1 i.e. without it they would drown. (again patch helps this 'slightly').
Heavy gren builds need G43 as it gives them damage on the move. The standard gren upgrade is an LMG42 which needs them to be stationary and takes time to aim - by which time 1-2 of their models are dead and they need to retreat.
Mg and pak essential (all allies have dangerous light vehicles that you need to fend off till you get tanks) the mortar is the best in game if you can afford to have one (i.e. you need enough units to hold a line because if you get flanked you have to retreat everything).
Grens mostly play a supporting role providing fausts into light vehicles (watch out for soviets sending jeeps loaded with flame engineers IF they got tier 1 which is penal troops and snipers and jeeps) and finishing off units suppressed by mg's but can work offensively if blobbed a bit with g43's or on open maps lmg 42's
Traditionally your vetted grens get wiped by a single lucky tank/mortar shot in the mid-game but again this may be improved by the new patch