Profile of Katitof

The only problem with the MG42 is that it sometimes completely refuses to fire when a unit is at the edge of the arc.

Its not that, sometimes traverse animation doesn't seem to play, it moves to target, but you can't see it until it fires, that's what gives the feeling.

Tbh ambulance being able to reinforce squads is absurd. As Soviets I have to go T3, get the M5 and ignore the AA package to get field reinforcement.

TBH if soviets had access to early forward reinforcement, they would just overwhelm the map.

I'm avid M5 user and its really hard to push soviet off the field then its behind your infantry, only way for you to be forced away is overwhelming fire to bleed more then you can sustain.

Grens can be forced little bit easier with 251 therefore its earlier.

WaT iS t0 AmBaLanCe???

*suffers flashbacks from USF + SOV early ambulance + maxim spam in Minsk Pocket camping axis fuel before t1 teched.*

4. What about an abulance for US? These vehicles are very voulnerable and the tech required is similar to allied LV which are usually much more powerful.

Show me 1 recent competitive replay where its used to reinforce forward.

1. They are less durable.

They are equally durable to more expensive tommies without upgrades.

2. Remains to be seen but I don't think so (watch tightrope tests)

72 damage can't wipe them at all, so at full health they are immune to mortars and nades.
Everything with more damage is equally deadly against all other squads too.

3. The scale much worse than tommies or US inf or even cons.

Cons have better vet, but much worse base stats.
Tommie values are comparable.
For muni upgrades, both pay more resources to get them, therefore at the end they'll be more effective and there is nothing wrong with that.

5. They have Mgs only, can't equip at weapons and they are effective only in very limited circumstances (huge contrast here with other infantry).

How is that relevant to anything?
They have AI/AT infantry that comes very early to support them.
In fact, you're only reinforcing what I have said earlier about them being reliant on supporting units, because that's how faction is designed.

6. Allies also have team weapons which are generally more effective against grens as they have to be static to shoot their weapons (they can't charge them). Those more powerful infantry squads can also rely on suppor weapons and if they do, they nightmare begins (a powerful infantry unit supported just like grens with support weapons by the allies creates imbalance as soon as allied players learn how to support their units).

Sniper and mortar which comes together with grens in the same tier counters these support weapons and they are not only more expensive for allies, they also come later an/or are less effective.
That's another point that reinforcements the faction design of combined arms instead of mainline reliance.
Also, ironically, that's exactly what G43 upgrade is for. There is no other weapon in game that has as high moving accuracy as G43.

But I agree that other infantry should be modelled on grens and nerfed.

Well, you can wish for that all you want, still not happening. If you want to spam mainline infantry and nothing else, play OKW or USF.

Ther are not - they are most fragile mainline infantry - voulnerable to snipers,

They are as durable as out of cover tommies and equally vulnerable to snipers. In fact, all infantries are vulnerable to snipers, snipers role is to bleed manpower.

indirect fire

That's incorrect as of latest patch.

unable to crew weapons as effectively as their countrparts

And have easiest and earliest access to on-field reinforcement vehicles, contrary to their counterparts who does not have one at all or its locked late in tech or doctrines.

and with little perspective to scale as well into late game as other mainline infantry units.

They scale very well for the cost and have very cost efficient upgrade.

What you don't seem to get is, they are NOT self reliant mainline, you ARE SUPPOSED TO support them with team weapons, snipers or reinforcement halftruck, if you don't support them, you play ost wrong.

Grens and cons are most balanced infantries in game as of latest changes to both.

No (it's grens that have penalties all the time - no IS)

Oh really?

Please then, feel free to list these penalties grens have. Which stats grens have reduced all the time? Because they are very solid squad, being the cheapest mainline in game right next to cons.

Because tommies have lower DPS and lower received accuracy out of cover.