It's not like you can't have Lt and Cpt and Mjr or T4 cannot be built behind shot blockers.
You will say, go for Cpt. Cool, but how I can get mines or HMG then?
No he did not have advantage. It was really high level game. OKW player was loosing. Losts 2 Schweres and was able to make THIRD one.
Really? Im force to go for doctrine to counter BUILDING?
Then the other player must be broken in the head because 3 Schwers is over 300 fuel and a single Panther on top of that is 227.5! Did this game like over an hour?
And yes you need to take a commander to beat a unit. Either quit bitching about it or stop playing the game because commanders exist for a reason. Soviets are entirely designed around them, and USF commanders are mostly shit, but some are very good (Aiborne/Recon/Infantry).