Thing is with the strafing run is that the actual area of effect is kind of small, especially compared to the whermacht pinning strafe which can easily pin in a wide area. The actual area in which the strafe does real damage is maybe only the size of like two grenades, so you actually have to be pretty precise with it. Really only worth using on MGs, since they can't dodge.
Not to mention the indicator is really misleading on where the ability even works. Most of the lethal damage is focused on a small spot at the end of the line.
This. The actual focal point is small. At least make it as big as the box you use to orient the strafe, like the Airborne strafe in CoH.
Also, get rid of the smoke indicator. The time smoke appears and strafe is too long, so at least make it a surprise to the enemy as where it'd going to strafe. Like the Stuka bombing, there's no indicator and you just hear the screaming plane.