Relic I assume did this because players complained that they for example had 88 pop and couldnt build a 12 pop cap tank this is because some infantry units dont take 1 pop but rather something like 1.4 pop and this would stop you from building a tank when you think you can
It is actually in the patch notes aswell
http://www.companyofheroes.com/blog/2015/11/27/coh2-december-update
What I dont get is why did they do this to only some units and not all of them Riflemen models for example still take 1.4 pop cap so each squad is 7 pop
Also Axis elites should take 3 pop cap each model rather than 2 cause its weird that Obers take the same amount of pop cap as Grenadiers, Infantry Sections, Royal Engineers etc. and it would also be more balanced you know shocks for example take 12 pop cap so why not Obers?
Relic had good intentions I reckon it just backfired big time, I wish this was put into the preview patch so people who played it couldve given their thoughts on it instead we were surprised by it and now we must deal with weather we like it or not