What an abortion of a thread.
Grens have been 4 man squads for three years now, and they've been mostly fine in that history. The rng wipes used to come from cheap-ass mines. Mines were dealt with, but now the OP USF mortar is here to bring the pain again, hence all the whine for a 5th man. That's not how you fix the problem, that's a band-aid solution. You fix the problem permanently by fixing squad spacing. You also fix the USF mortar because that shit's broken too. Problem solved.
There are plenty of other 4 man squads in the game that nobody complains about being wiped, even though they are just as vulnerable to explosives.
I would also like to point out that grens are the cheapest main-line infantry in the game. Same as conscripts. Seems like most people forget this.
yea 4 men i fine now bring m81 in line with mg 34 (low range and rate of fire but good barrage and chaep), fix 2 lmg racks, and nerf received accuracy for all the inf unit so hmg can deal with them