If snipers qualify as "gameplay elements" of the franchise, then every faction should get them. Stock
OKW has kubel, which burns snipers down when caught out of position; and doctrinal JLI which is effective.
If russians have to use a commander to get both penals and an AT gun, then why is it so bad for OKW to use commander to get JLI?
USA has a harder time than OKW against snipers, but they still get LVs.
This sniper nerf is purely for top level play and just makes snipers worse for the vast majority of players. It's not needed and was dialed back, which says a lot.
So thanks for your post, but no.
Should be the case in coh3 tho, for sure. All factions need equal access to combined arms gameplay.