???????????? Honestly you look like you just like spewing BS. If the PTRS is not already on the squad, then the AI it has when constructed would be therefore untouched by the PTRS AI nerf. Honestly amazed someone thinks the PTRS was added because their AI performance was too strong. If that were the case they'd just nerf their base stats. But tell me more about bias since you play 1 faction
lol. Soviet T1 in general was pure IA and thus giving balance issues, if Penal weren't enough strong to carry the early game then the T1 would be useless except for Sniper play. So or Penal could carry the early game till T70 and be considered as OP, or they couldn't and be considered as UP. Adding PTRS option was the solution to keep penals good but not too good in exchange of a AT safety option.
This is completely different from Ostheer which has always been design around linear teching. Skipping T1 or T2 is a strategic decision from the player, not a Faction design feature.
Back on topic, Tellers shouldn't insta kill anymore since LVs general nerf. There isn't even viable argumentation in regard of what happened to demo which was following the exact same principle.