Profile of Vipper

Either a cost increase or a reduction in the ability's area of sight given would also be warranted IMO since it is just straight up better than a recon loiter because it's constant in the entire area and is uncounterable. Also some sort of audio warning would be nice. There are the visuals but it's easy to just never notice it if it's in some random place.

Or one could make the ability usable on the flag of the sector and not just anywhere.

But going back to CD it seem as a value that has been overlooked, there are many abilities that have CD that are too long or too sort.

Special Weapons Regiment

General:
One of my favorite UKF commander but one that can use changes.


Suggestions:

Tank Hunter Infantry Section
The main reason I like this commander. The unit combines decent AI snares AT capabilities and grenades while being affordable. The changes in aim time have increased the AI of boys and the sight range at vet one allows first beyond enemy range.

I personally find the Piat upgrade not worth it since boy are decent AT but also AI.

Heavy gammon bomb is an overkill and should probably not be available to the unit while the vet bonuses should be different than vanilla IS and more AT oriented.

Having said all that imo they should be removed from the commander for the reason I will explain in the next point

Valentine as normal tank would fit this commander's theme since it would a "special weapon" or maybe a greyhound a Sherman or Dozer Sherman or maybe flamer IS already in game (adjusted)

Resupply Half-track
Now this thing has been nerfed to oblivion and for good reason, not only it arrive too late but it also requires to unlock weapon to gain access. Imo it should have been removed but if one is adamant to fix there might be away.

The idea is to replace the tone down the weapons it offers in order to become less easy to exploit it while making making its access easier.

One could replace the Piat drop which is a strong AT weapon with Boys AT rifle (that explains why one should remove Tank hunters) being balance as Penal's PTRS and using the PTRS model/Panzerbüchse when on the ground if a boys model is not available. This change will solve one part of the problem.

The other problem the lmg can be solved by making the weapon occupy 2 slots (is there is a need for it one could increase the DPS a bit). That would prevent the problem of cheap infatry carrying duel powerful LMG

With these change one can lower CP to 3(or 2) and allow Boys to come for free and probably lock LMG behind T3.

Hold The Line!
The ability is the most expensive CP 8 ability and can be extremely powerful. Lower cost 60-70 CP to 6-7 and simply lose the the individual typhoons.

Alternatively lower price to 120 and replace the individual typhoons with a single loiter plane over a the front line sector of player selection.

Defensive bonuses can be extended to all friendly sectors.

Concentrated Fire Operation
A powerful ability that imo should not be available with heavy call-in like Croc. Can be replace by a weaker off map ability

Vanguard Operation Crocodile
A call-in tanks available to 33% of UKF commanders and should probably be removed from one of them but seem to fit this commander fine.

First of all one should removed the flare from the ability. Call in a heavy tank is enough and being able to call reveal the map of off strike makes little sense.

Churchill have abnormal acceleration and rotation for heavy tanks and the value should be reduced.

In addition one should improve vet bonuses and make them more suitable for heavy armor or HP could be included. (one could increase HP to 1200 but lower base armor and add armor as vet bonus)

One should probably remove the Emergency War Speed from this vehicle and add the commander is possible instead and or some aura for supporting infatry or some aura that terrifies enemy infatry.

As for the flamer imo the DOT should become available only as a timed ability and not always on allowing for better balancing of the damage output of vehicle. It could also receive a lower fuel cost or become available without hammer/anvil.

Assault Support Doctrine

General:
A decent commander but there with some issues but if one want to use Tigers there simply better Tiger commanders.


Suggestions:

Artillery Field Officer
This unit should simply not be in the commander.
The reason for that is that the until synthesizes only with wefers. But if someone goes for Tiger one has little reason to even built a T4 so the unit has less value.

Imo the best solution would be to split Ostheer officer in different categories there could be an infatry one/a armor one/luftwaffe one and so on, each with abilities better suited with the theme of the commander and the other units.

For instance one could change the commander to Panzer commander same stat but bodyguards now use tank crew model, scrap "Coordinated Barrage" and replace "Heavy Mortar Barrage" with flare or "survey battle field" an ability using binocular providing focus sight similar to SU-85 (keep Artillery Smoke Barrage, "Diversion") Concentrated Fire can stay or replace be supervise ability increasing repair speed o

At this point I would like to point out how good imo "diversion" (although it need a different name) is as an ability and similar abilities should be available to other smg units.

Another change I would suggest is that unit now get 1(-2) ST44 with vet replacing the pistol so that it can contribute some DPS later in game when it can no longer move close.

In addition diversions cost reduce with each vet level.

Cargo Truck
Not a very useful unit in many cases cashes are better investments.
One can change the unit and have "steal" resources from the enemy for limited, the "siphon" ability is already in game.
Or
can replace this ability with truck similar to the OKW have. Instead of aura healing the unit can lock in place and become a FRP (CP might need to be increased). Could offer healing for passengers and/or medic crates or it could be able to load and "transport" item like medic kits/uncrewed support weapons

Strafing Run
A rather average ability could see reduction in munition to 120 since the are better cheaper abilities available.

Fragmentation Bomb
A deadly ability and very powerful ability this ability should simply not be available with a Tiger.
possibly substitute with
Breakthrough from Encirclement Doctrine
or
Repair kit similar to Soviet where Ostheer infatry can repair vehicle
or
"Panzer grenadier tactics" a cheaper lower CP version of "combined arms" providing combat bonus to infatry fighting near vehicles.
or
Emergency Repairs

Tiger Tank
A unit that might use some changes. One could include armor/health bonus (even reduce base stat) to veterancy so.

Replace "Blitzkrieg Tactics" with another ability.
For instance:
"stabilized shot" able to activate only when stationary the unit can fire a single shots at range 55.
or
NahVW Grenade Launcher an toned down version of ST grenades with a damage of 20-40.

The TD has no AI option. If both tank and TD have the same AT, the normal tank is more powerfull overall and the TD should have a lower cost (resources and pop, all assuming same survivability).

Yes but things are not that simply because of Rock-Paper-scissors factor. A TD is generally more powerful than Tank vs vehicles but less powerful vs soft target.

So the "role" of unit does affect the power level and thus it should also effect pop.

If the TD provides stronger AT, it's price increases. That's how Allied TDs end up at their current cost, because they provide an extremely strong AT capability.

Yes in units within the same "role" the relationship with cost/pop becomes more linear.

The common denominator is the power of the unit, not the role. We also don't see strong correlation between the role and population in game that could not be explained by 'power' (I'll just keep this as an abstract thing since most of it is derived from how well a unit performs in the game).

Only direct comparison of "power" of units with different role/mechanisms is not always possible.

How can one decide if a Rocker artillery is more powerful than a TD? There are so many factors that the question has no meaning.

How?
You want to strip basic functionality of a unit and limit it behind a cooldown and/or cost and are calling it a "buff", because there is now extra button to press on the UI.

Your analogy is of mark because merging 2 commander abilities into 1 commander abilities has nothing to do adding a munition cost for grenadier to fire the rifles.