Ppsh's on shocks OK. Conscripts not OK. If the Ppsh gave some sort of useful skill it would be nice. Or just buff con SMG DPS.
Some food for thought:
The useful part is short range dps and improved scaling. Imagine 2-3 Maxims supressing stuff, now clean up with your fragile CQB Cons, which also have Molos, AT nades, Merge, Oorah, and can build cover, while they're cheap to reinforce.
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Small armor increase/accuracy reduction once upgraded to help them fulfill role of assault troops....
Kinda good idea. Some light armor package with an increased price - poor mans Shocks basically.