I feel like the officers should be purchased separately from tech itself. It seems kind of dumb to me that USF gets access to free riflemen (which is exactly what LT/captain are), just for unlocking the ability to use more units.
If relic just HAS to give the USF free units for tech, what if we replaced the LTs bar with a bazooka, which would would give USF T1 a light defense against flackHT, while not giving USF access to a powerful infantry unit so quickly in the game. OR, we could increase the unlock time of LT tech by 30sec - 1min to give ostheer players more time to prepare for the m20/LT combo.
Its kind of dumb that OKW gets free super defensive emplacement, free medics and free repair station.
Its not the issue with USF, its the issue with new factions teching, which grants immense benefits at total cost of ZERO in comparison to vanila armies.