fun fact IS have better dps than volks long range so it's not BOTH as u say, and sturm are not good at range they have less than 1 dps while RE can upgrade vicker or bren making them good at range and costing almost 100 mp less, commando pay 90 mun for 2 elite bren, obers pay 90 for 1 mg 34 while still having worse long and close dps , same for falls
i know crosses are bad and stars are good but this is beyond biased, u could make that argument for soviet as they don't have much elite long range units, but brits ? literally the best long range faction ?
btw the on the move dps of volks is worse at long range but better at close >(the reson si simple, they get 0.35 moving acc instead of 0.5 but they better long range dps making the 15%less acc on the move irrelevant for long range)
first thing is first, i play all factions and discuss balance with that in mind so you can piss off with the "crosses bad" shit and save it for someone who actually does want the axis to be unplayable. its funny that you are accusing me of bias while intentionally beating around what i am saying which flattly is that if the buffs are the exact same okw benefits more due to greater base stats and unit design. sprint definitely benefits all units, but more so those that need to close, and accuracy is great on all units as well, but those that are already highly accurate or have no ranged dps to speak of dont get the same bammo from an accuracy bonus. so compounding these bonuses on units that can benefit from both vs units that benefit generally from one or the other is a big deal.
and then to address the rest of your post, yes, IS DO have more long range dps, but volks are not weak and benefit greatly from both the movement AND the accuracy, while many of the brit units gain from only 1 at a time. volks CAN chose how to engage for maximum effectiveness so even against close range squads increased movement is beneficial
and yes, the brits can get weapon rack weapons which do them well, but again, it doesnt improve them in the same way that good at all ranges, firing on the move weapons do.
as for the soviet, thats exactly the point im making but inverse. they don't have great long range performance but benefit more from the sprint (AT satchels and sprint is quite op and shocks with sprint are nasty too)
the only point im trying to make is that the okw units benifit more fully from the buffs provided, if thats a better way to word it.