Its a videogame after all, so I really dont see the problem. Of course Relic (as I guess do most of the clientele that plays a game like this) like exotic stuff with fancy names. As somebody has already alluded to, the "actual" late 1944 Wehrmacht of old men and half-children with their horses, bolt-action rifles and assortment of outdated French/Russian artillery would not make for the most exciting gameplay.
Yes, but why only OKW has exciting units? Flak truck, Stuka zu fuss, Luchs, Sturmtiger, Jadgtiger, King Tiger... All of these are amazing units, very rare, very powerful and they give you a lot of fun when using them. They are different, highly specialized, sometimes OP as garden but the joy is unmeasurable.
On the other hand US Forces have boring Sherman, boring Scott, boring Stuart... Shermans, Shermans all day long.
Where is Pershing? Super Pershing(
), Hellcat, Calliope?
Funny fact: Only 12 game verions of flak truck were made, 18 Sturmtiger, 137 Luchs, wonder about stuka zu fuss.. Can't find... 79 Jadgtiger, 44 Ostwinds. Only one of them is doctrinal (Ostwind is non doc for Ost).
On the other hand we have over 2000 Pershings, 25 Super Pershings and 27 M26E5 Pershing with 102-279mm armor. I guess Calliope and Pershing would provide a lot of fun like OKW units.
This halftrack is one of the most fragile light vehicles IN THE GAME. It dies from one ATG shot and an AT nade. Shoot with Zis while Oorah and throwing AT nade with Cons. Combined arms will win the day!
320HP. AA truck, T70 and Stuart also have 320 but hey! They don't have smoke.