The whole issue was the wehr sniper DID counter your own sniper, he could be built earlier (brits need to tech for their sniper) cloak much quicker and his aim time was much less. Hell all ost needed was a bunch of grens and a sniper and you couldn't do anything as tommy sections are so expensive to maintain.
The bren carrier failed to be an actual counter because it was even more hopeless than the WC51 with even worse pathing. And is wasted MP as soon as ost built a scout car.
Judging by the relic streams brits will be hopeless in 1's unless something is massivly changed (eg tommies getting a snipe ability)
This reminds me of why counter sniping units were scrapped for coh 2? ; ( back in coh 1 snipers were a lot more of a pain in the ass to deal with than currently ), I mean why don't scout vehicles don't have any extra damage vs snipers?
And if the Bren carrier is actually worse than the WC51 then yeah their early game is pretty fucked, although I'll reserve my judgement when the expansion comes out with the balance patch ( if there is some)
P.S: Please nerf the Quad Relic