Soviet intended playstyle is cheeze into call-ins or loose.
No other explanation, so people might just as well stop crying about that, because penals and conscripts are clearly not intended to be used in quantities bigger then 1-3 where 3 is already stretching it.
The idea of soviets being cheesy is cheesy itself. Imo the disparity between the factions is what makes coh2 a great game. If you play soviets - plz use maxims and snipers. If you want strong base-infantry go USF instead.