Actually OKW can place an early med truck offensively without being punished before Sov build a Zis or USF spend fuel in a Half-track or captain. And here again the truck last enough long for you to counter attack.
But the concept of being that much offensive with no fear of downside is what I don't really understand with FHQ working on neutral territories.
No fear of a downside? Realy? Ever played okw?
If you decide to place the fhq offensively there is a risk that it gets blownup before it is fully unpacked, just by small-arms-fire. If it is fully unpacked it can be bombarded by mortars, you have to spend another 300 manpower to turn it into a forward retreatpoint, this also takes some time. If you have your forward retreat set up, there is always the risk that you retreat your troops and they are killed by enemy mg/mortar/flamer/whatever.
But yes maybe it would be too much. It wasn't in Coh, I have hard time believing it would be in Coh2.
In coh1 those trucks had also additional functions... and the brits where defensive .