I'm still trying to figure out how a Soviet player, with Conscripts, Maxims, mortars, and the ZiS in T2 is not overpowered, but an Ostheer player with access to Grenadiers, MG42s, mortars, and the PaK is clearly imbalanced.
I'm not advocating that the PaK get moved to T1 - I don't want to see the change made - but there are definitely some logical fallacies getting thrown about here.
You forgot sniper.
Ost gets most powerful sniper in game which can be protected by most powerful AT gun(TWP>6 pounder), most powerful and cost effective HMG and one of the best mortars in game.
Putting all of that into a single tier is a dictionary example of imbalance.
I would ask if you REALLY don't see an issue with it, but if you have seen, you wouldn't have made this post in the first place.
Also -
Yes, except it's also much worse against infantry. That's like saying a T-34 is better than a Katyusha because tanks kill mobile artillery.
You just compared generalist tank and rocket artillery to a scout car and a scout car.
Don't you see a small flaw in your reasoning here?
More accurate comparison would be if pgrens were losing to penals with flamer and that flamer came together with them for standard 270mp price.