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Change the svt profile at range to match the m1.
Increase the recieved accuracy vet bonus abit.
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Add 3 ppsh to the flamer package so its fits the unit
Add a ptrs package so if you go t1 light armour isnt gg no re.
....The suggestion is just going to needlessly complicated matter.
Imo you are missing the point of the proposed change...
Currently there is little room for Penals....Because:
1) Compared to all other Sov infantry the have a tech cost
2) In their current role as an "elite" infantry they have to compete with call in "elite" infantry and Sov have plenty of access to other more cost efficient infantry. Out of the 21 soviet commanders only 5 don't have access to doctrinal infantry or weapon upgrades for conscripts.
3) Their kit (flamer explosives) can be accessed by the more cost efficient C.E.
4) They are not cost efficient mainline infantry when compared to conscripts with their extreme utility. Conscript on the other hand cost about the same as Gren or volks and do not feel the role of a cheap troops.
Soviet have more access to call in "elite" infantry than any other faction and if Penal follow the same root they have to compete with the call in. Making them too good and there will be little room for call in infantry (give them PTRs why bother with guards or PTRs conscripts) make weak and why bother with going to T1 to access them.
Thematically Soviet and especially Penals sustain heavy loses, in game what Soviet are actually missing is an Osttuppen type of infantry...
So the my suggestion aims at creating room for Penals by giving them a new role that fits them historically and gives Sov what they are missing.
In order to do that they should be T0, cheap and conscripts should have their utility/abilities reduced and moved to Penals.
The detail might need rework since allot of patchs passed since O.P. but imo the direction is solid...