Another fact that you have covered was the fact that both SU and OKW share a similiar situation which is one of their bases being ineffective because of the units in particular.
SU with their Maxim
OKW with their Flak Half Track
That analogy is completely inaccurate.
Soviet T1 doesn't overshadow T2.
Getting maxim is simply shooting yourself in foot and cons are mainline infantry without any backbone, therefore they can't carry themselves, not to mention other units without dedicating doctrine to them.
Currently FHT is very situational, depends a lot on what the enemy is using. Most of the time, if the Allied player uses anything with AT lights and infantry of sorts, it is simply screwed. Like having an SU M3A1 Scour Car with on top Penals equipped with PTRS. Just prone to many and other things also. Even firearms does enough damage to scare it off.
By that logic, use of any kind of armor is very situational, because anti tank guns exist and use of infantry is very situational, because of HMGs.
Overextending and not having enough awareness aren't balance issues.
FHT suffers a huge deathloop also.
The fuck you're talking about?
It does not even have pack up time anymore for years now and you clearly have no idea what a deathloop is, you don't have a line of halftrucks exploding one after another when trying to pick the flak from the ground.