Both USF Assault Engineers and Vehicle Crews underperform considerably. AE's can barely fight Pioneers, let alone Grenadiers. The unit cost does not meet the unit's performance at all. AE's at least should be able to fight decent at close range, about the same as Assault Grenadiers. OKW's Sturmpioniere are amazing at close range, yet the closest US equivalent is horrible. Right now the AE is a pointless unit.
Also, American Vehicle Crews are horrible at combat as well. They carry M3 grease guns, which were considered the successor to the Thompson, yet they barely do any damage. In my experience, even 2 vehicle crews together can't even match a single Grenadier squad.
Besides mines, I cannot see any possible reason to make AE's instead of Rear Echelon Troops. And while you cannot make vehicle crews, they are UP completely, making them worse than engineers in combat. I understand they are considered a "free unit", but to me it's a useless unit besides repairs and taking points. If that was their only uses than they shouldn't carry the M3, which was a very effective weapon.
Relic needs to buff both of these units, to make them less useless.
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