+1 its funny everyone is ignoring this post by a top tier player. OP may be trying to just spam grens, however, t1 soviets is insanely strong. Penals are awesome, snipers are awesome, and clown is awesome with flamer in it. where as t1 germans, grens are awesome, mortars are only if sovs went t2, the mg is meh, usually dies from penal flank. bunkers are crap against t1. german snipers are a waste of mp.
One scout car and one German sniper(well with my initial tier one units for support as well of course) is how I completely shut down tier one with guards, this is my favorite game to play as Germans because it is micro intensive and challenging but who plays better will win and its Usually me.
I don't fear guards they are shit, with their shortened range and ridiculous load time they never gonna get a shot on my 222 and if they in a car its the same as using your sniper to counter snipe you wait for the right moment(the right moment being when you have got the guards in the car to pop off the at rounds at something else) then hit the scoutcar with yours and drop it so fast the guards mostly dead usually when the car blows and my sniper tearing em apart. Its artistic ;D
They try and make more scout good deal for me they will suffer the same fate and thats less units he has to gain anymap.