Netherlands
UKF's weakness against Panzergrenadiers and Assault Grenadiers is a problem, not freaking Grenadiers. Vet 0 Sections beat Grens. Bolster only becomes necessary once Grens get their LMG's and will allow them to outperform Grens again until vet 2. You could get racks once all Grens have vet 2+ and LMG's, but you can safely wait until after Cromwell, because the difference in performance isn't that big. Grenadiers have no way to scale up against bolstered Sections that have 1 to 2 Brens.
You also fail to mention the advantages of Sections to make it seem like all odds are stacked against them:
- Sections are cheaper to reinforce at 28 mp vs 30 mp.
- Grenadiers require a 150 manpower med bunker and 80 manpower T1 structure.
- Sections have reusable on the field healing making it easier for them to keep map presence.
- UKF starts with a section, Ostheer with a Pioneer. Sections are a better combat unit for the cost.
- Any section can make a sandbag so they will often have a positional advantage.
- Once Sections get bolster, small arms damage gets spread out more, so they bleed less.
UKF has the initiative in terms of mainline infantry, while Ostheer has the MG42 and greater flexibility in terms of unit choices (Pgrens, different light vehicles, more doctrinal infantry, etc). However, because Sections aren't completely broken anymore the weaknesses of UKF have become quite exploitable. Therefore I'd propose to make UKF a bit more flexible by making Assault Sections a non-doctrinal upgrade locked behind weapon racks with the WP nade removed. Lend Lease could be given something like the artillery strike in USF's Mechanized Company instead.
(took image bit too early. Gren in top right wins, section at bottom wins.)
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