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Has it been confirmed somewhere side teching is coming?

There are some users around here that stated in other posts that there were hints and statements in official streams that relic is into this. So I'm willing in believing this.

Damage are the same what ?

Yes damage of most axis/allied grenades is 80. Most Soldiers have 80 hit points with an armor of 1, so standing in the blast radius exactly kills them. Green cover reduces the damage by half if the grenade is thrown from the other side of the green cover.
The difference is the blast radius which is called Area of Effect (AOE). While most short ranged grenades have an AOE of 1.25 the rifle nade only has 0.75. If you nade a 4-man MG team or 4-man squad (like brits) that is clumped up in cover as usual an AOE of 0.75 is enough to hit all four, but in an open field situation a rifle nade will do much less damage than the short ranged grenades with their AOE of 1.25. So upgrading your IS/Sappers to 5-man squads can really make a difference when it comes to surviving grenades, in addition soviet 6-man weapon teams have a higher chance of surviving rifle nades because they are usually a little more spread out.

Does PAnzer II comes to early? - Yes at least slightly, but I think this will change once they will introduce side tech options for OKW, that will make a direct Panzer II tech a lot more risky for OKW player.

Does soviet has a problem with it? - No, its more like the Panzer II forces you into a build or commander choice. Btw. did you tried Soviet Reserve Army? It is one of the standard commanders and I think it works nicely. Backdraw: You are sacrifing doctrinal tanks like T34/85 and any kind of elite infantry. On the other side AT-Partisans are solving your issues with early Panzer II + PPSH upgrade and Rapid Conscription makes up a little bit for missing elite infantry + Vehicle Repair and ML-20 coming in handy in long term.

I personally feel fast Panzer II is much more of a problem for brits. It really forces you to go for an AEC, if you haven't it when the Panzer II shows up you are pretty fucked. One 6pdr as the most expensive AT-Gun is easily circled while british infantry do not have a non-doctrinal snare and you will never hit a fast moving luchs with piats unless your opponent fails with vehicle movement.

Becasue emplacements are perfectly fine.

What's not fine is free counter barrage or immortal assembly engineers.

+1 Thats the point, although I would like a mobile mortar when playing brit instead of an emplacement. But the emplacement by itself (without doctrinal abilities) has its strengths and its weaknesses which are rather balanced.

I'm certain units will exit out of doors at random if they are simply told to exit - such as in the case if you selected the building and told everyone to leave, or when an infiltration unit spawns and automatically exits.

In "Micro Tips and Tricks - Episode III" from tightrobe he demonstrates that there is always a default exit. If you want to mine a building versus infiltration troops you just have to mine the default entrance. If you are curious which door is the default exit point just hit "Q" (when using grid hotkeys) when having a unit in a building. You can watch the Video at the Trending section. His videos are great and always worth a look.