Osttruppen suck? Not in 1v1 and 2v2
Osttruppen are probably a pretty good choice vs. quad rushes because they can be everywhere and don't bleed easily. WOould be interesting to try out.
whenever i use them they fail at everything.
for 200MP you can't have them everywhere, they are not much cheaper compared to grenadiers. grenadiers scale much better and don't become your cannonfodder and panzerfaust slaves after some time as said on the other post.
maybe if their panzerfaust wouldn't require t1 then they would be a little bit more useful against that. even then: you have no chance against the support weapon spam meta without a mortar or sniper unless your enemy is a slowpoke or noob.
no offense or anything just my experience using those scrubs in my games.