And then you have to take into account that OKW have the worse teching system.
arguable... OKW has bad tech because of healing but the soviet tech system is equally horrible since you are left out without a weapon upgrade for much of the game...
The problem is that you have decided that Soviet are the weakest faction,
but it is... SOV is THE worst faction ingame
from that you come to the conclusion that all soviet unit and abilities are inferior. You tend to see thing through that prism.
the other way around really... it is because most soviet units are inferior that the soviets are the weakest... the soviets have a few doctrinal goodies like guards shocks DSHK T-34-85s KV2s KV1s ISU-152s and IS-2s and a few core goodies like the T-70 ZIS3 SU-85 M3 arguably the mortar unfortunately the rest of the lineup is just subpar and outright inferior to what other factions get...
conscripts? usable but subpar
maxim? trash
T-34-76? the worst medium tank lineup
SU-76? subpar and overshadowed
M5? bad timing
katyusha? fast TOT... its a good unit but its worse than all core rocket arty imo..
That is simply not the case but I really do not have the time to explain to you why. I have explain my point of view on PPsh (especially in post 88) and have very little to add, feel free to have a different opinion. Thank for the debate so far.
this isnt the case though... SOV is most definitely underperforming... a direct SOV vs OKW matchup relies almost entirely on OKW not fielding panzerfusiliers... this way SOV can abuse the M3 and punish OKW for the next 5 minutes then stall for a T-70.... if OKW fields panzerfusiliers then the M3 wont save you and conscripts will simply get trashed...
and no the maxim is not an answer... not at its current state...