You are misunderstanding the concept of what cheese is.
I am sure a stuka is capable of countering a field hq after multiple volleys , yet so is a demo charge or 1000 mortars. This is not the point , the cheese is the ability to capture a building inside hostile territory surrounded by enemies with a single unit and have not just a reinforcement point , not just a near impenetrable building (for the large ones) but a flurry of bonuses as well. This is cheese.
It's one of those things that everyone knows it's pure cheese yet people love the strategy and the intensity so they refuse to admit.
Coh2 is full of fanboys/abusers/cheese everyone is guilty of it few admit it. I play axis only I make it known, my player card is well visible and it says on my stream, which I do daily.
It's the fucks who don't admit, yet act the part, who's leaderboard rank is a phone number, play 4v4 randoms, who think their skill is real but it's not.
For those who defend brace in anyway usually are the ones who are a dead giveaway of their complete ignorance.