Yeah. I feel like they trade a little more evenly at close range than volks in coh1 do though.
It's a cool idea, but I feel like there'd be no way to balance that in the lategame without scrapping the feel of the unit (as described by you) at that point. I mean, have fun trying to cap a contested vp in even 1v1 after 20 minutes.
then it would just be a weakness of the faction. soviets and usf are great at contesting VPs, OKW doesnt have to be.