Making ostroppen conscripts but cheaper and better supported and batter armed would certainly make them more viable but regardless of timing it's a matter of bloody balance. It's bad enough that OKW shit on the face of Conscripts with Volks for only 10mp more but you want to give to Ost the chance to do the same but cheaper?
You are missing the time factor. Even if osttruppen become identical to conscript but available around minute 20 they would hardy had much of an impact.
Their viability is their uniquely durable and cheapness in a faction with expensive and squishy units. They just got a bloody lmg given to them for late game scaling if that's not enough for engineer priced troop then idk what. They are exclusively for holding ground effeciently and manning weapons and they do that EXCEEDINGLY well, probably better pound for pound than anybody. They don't need added utility on top of being able to build a multitude of cover and Bunkers and have a snare too.
Osttruppen are good at stealing weapon, if you want to man weapon pioneer are far better.
Giving LMG to 6 men squads is bad option because of the the DPS drop does not follow the entity lost, imo it should be removed.
They have a defined role that they fill and is not supported by all playstyles they are unique and fill a niche which is what call in infantry should do.
Being able to effectively hold ground while supported by powerful team weapons and then transition into lmg defensive infantry AND durable ground grabbing troops that can merge into the likes of pgrens and grens is Ludacris to even think of from a balance perspective as these are units that are balanced around not staying on field to dish out damage for long and thus do so effeciently. Being able to top them up in an instant would be game breaking. Not to mention that a 6 man squad COULD top up 2 whole 1 man Ost squads. You would lose the squad but depending on the squads it could be very worth it. (50mp premium for on field and instant reinforcement of 2 gren squads? Yes please! Let alone pgrens...)
The idea is to remove the LMG upgrade not keep it, the upgrade would just to remove to cover mechanism, less firepower more utility.
ukf BRIT Forward Assembly. They can not reinforce in territory neutralized/enemy.
usf USF Ambulance. They can not reinforce in territory neutralized/enemy.
okw OKW Truck T1. They can not reinforce in territory neutralized/enemy.
soviets SOV Field Camp. They can not reinforce in territory neutralized/enemy.
ostheer WERH Bunker+Medic. They can reinforce in territory neutralized/enemy.
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