If it came fully crewed, would you drop it on a flank or behind enemy lines? You'd be gifting them an AT gun + Exp.
Being uncrewed does not cancel the point of a paradrop. The point is convenience, not having to use build ime + move time to the front. Just insta-gun! Drop it near your ambulance, crew it and reinforce.
Stil, this commander has some weak point. No sniper-crits on pathfinders?
I don't believe the commander is weak.
Its not suitable for team games and maybe even 2v2, but its solid in 1v1 if you go T1, M20+greyhound and bazookas.
I would like to use paradrop on the backlines, because I believe that is the purpose of paradrop in the first place. The AT gun prevents me. I am either donating it to enemy if I want to use them behind the lines or I'm severely crippling my ability to defend it if I have to sacrifice half of para squad to crew it. Having another squad there first before the drop completely kills the point of paradrop, because why would I want it, if I need to flank/get behind anyway first and I could do that with cheaper rifles?
If I was to drop it near ambulance, why would I pick the doctrine over airborne in the first place that allows for superior paratroopers and doesn't enforce me to get AT gun?
Pathfinders are fine, they deliver deadly arty barrage that doesn't have huge delay as major one they could be 4 man squad thou.