I guess the problem is elefant. I think reducing the sight bonus...but then su85 has this too. But yeah 1.5s delay is too nerfed, as i said, coh2 has changed to more apm action heavy over the years. 1.5s is a lot.
SU-85 works completely different.
It narrows its vision to a tiny cone and halves the speed.
Back to ukf upgrade, i guess it does not have such penalty. I guess when we speak about ukf base tanks, we should now account for the commander upgrade. I recall it also grant faster xp.
It doesn't have the same bonus either, it doesn't come in early game, it can't be put on any vehicle.
Almost as its completely separate ability that shares barely one similarity.
I don't know such details but i also felt allies get stronger the later the game run. At least compared to Wehr which imo is weakest late game faction for many years
We play the same game?
UKF and ost grow in power the longer the game goes, everyone else just keeps up, OKW as always up to debate.