Most people would agree yes that the Relic has taken generous liberty on history. the always on point part though is a huge nope.
They aren't trying to wreck anything, they are as for 3 games now trying to make something interesting in the gameplay to attract players old and new.
They've got enough on their plate I'm sure and just up and removing the thing isn't a solution, and adding more units isn't either. They've balanced the current product around its presence so just being up in arms to have it pitchforked out, id be concerned for the balance side of things.
I do see how the points of the history was on point and that the Sturmtiger had an interesting combat record would align for some concerningly. But the reality was its performance was pathetic and it was a last gasp deployment, and its representation is a fiction.
Being unable to concede that this game has had extremely generous fictions to create game interest and now suddenly this extra one is the straw that broke the camels back is very eyebrow raising. When you are losing you are much more inclined to use anything you can whether its proven, unproven or not being used for its designed task. So we saw IR halftracks, guns and so on that saw such limited use but for a simple reason, it was cool.
If we are going to start to tailor where and what fiction is permitted in coh3 can start with not adding invincible aircraft again. Personally I think with the timeline to launch id be more concerned about changing it right now beyond a model swap with identical stats.
The problem is purely creative and, imo, shows that none of the original brains behind coh1 and coh2 are currently on this game (as far as I know).
They wanted to make stock Tiger (in which I also disagree with btw don't be quick to call me wehraboo, tigers in 1941 NA are a terrible stretch) so it makes sense to give the other faction a "tiger killer" as people here call it. So far so good.
They had literally thousands of Medium-Heavy-Superheavy Allied tanks that could have fulfilled that purpose and yet they go to the completely unhistorical path whilst at the same time "take into account the community's desire for historical authenticity" by changing the fucking ship sprite nobody really noticed where/what/how it's from.
Don't just look at Black Panther like it's a unicorn event.
It's literally the pick of an iceberg that stretches way further than simply "historical freedom".
That's the point I am trying to hammer into your brains all this time but yet the discussion stands at whether ST was a good or not machine, whether the Henkles fired directly to ground and with what accuracy etc...