And yet ? Wy the Volks should get so much power against a special unit in close combat?? Thats simply not balanced.
If you are a skilled player and if you know what to do with shocks the grenades should not be a problem for you. If the enemy has the prediction skill to throw those nades into your way he deserves the damage he does with them. It seems to me like you lack the skill to watch the very obvious motion of the volks or you can't handle your shocks or guards right, otherwise you wouldn't complain about those grenades which have a high damage potential but not against a skilled player. Watch your enemys units motions and you'll have no problems with them. And why shouldn't have volks a ability to do damage to elite units? Coh2 is no game like aoe with units that do nothing against the lategame units. And if we compare volks to conscripts you will notice that cosnscripts have much more anti infantry power and upgrades than volks and they cost only 5 mp more.