not that i agree with the op, but i disagree with you on some things katitof
Faust is strongest of all engine damage abilities with exactly the same cost and range as all others, yet it have superior penetration and is used against inferior armor.
in terms of damage and chance to pen, yes. in terms of chance to lose your squad during the animation, its the worst.
They scale exactly just as good because of LMGs and high accuracy, which makes them deadly AI squad for mere 240mp.
how do you quantify "exactly just as good"? they do get lmgs, but rifles can get 2 bars or 2 m1919s. while it does cost more, they will scale much better into late game and your lmg grens will quickly be out matched. even with one m1919, your lmg grens are already beat.
Wehr T3 is about as expensive as soviet one. Wehr T4 is more expensive, because its more powerful.
debatable
So vet2 rifles at 3 min is imba, but vet3 grens right out of the bat are balanced?
it doesnt take 3 minutes to get a vet 2 rifle. it also only costs 20 extra mp. not sure how you can compare that to spending fuel on a grenadier squad.
Lightning war.
Spearhead.
Elite troops.
Joined operations.
Mechanized Assault.
Luftwaffe supply.
Pick one.
tiger.
tiger.
tiger ace.
howitzer (ha) and pak 43 (haa).
ass grens, pgren ht, stug e, tiger.
fuel drops in team games.
mechanized is a great commander, but i do think most of the german commanders are unimpressive now. 4 of the 6 you listed are used primarily for the tiger because germans pretty much need tigers at this point. panthers are a waste and p4s dont cut it. pak43 nerfs makes joint ops pretty bad now too. luftwaffe is only good in team games so you can feed fuel to your teammates.
ill repeat, i dont think ostheer are broken. but theyre certainly are some issues with them right now.