I'm not a fan of giving it the ability to act as a pwerfer, they need to be distinct and if that Katy can do then it's blatantly better instead of different. There are times when the werfer is better than the Katy, but not if the Katy can alpha strike like the old precision strike.
As I said I think a wider scatter attack with Supression for a cost would offer the Soviet some half not awful blob control. Maybe even half the damage of the rockets.
There is no reason that any unit should have useless vet from Soviet vet 1 abilities to okw vet 4 and 5s. It should all be attainable and an actual improvement.
- Katy barrage used to have suppression.
That was removed. After the AOE was halved to allow for the suppression to be added.
- Suppression was then removed.
- Tiny AOE was kept.
- Time between salvoes was sharply reduced.
- Precise strike removed.
Next to Stuka HT and PzWerfer, the Katyusha is effectively useless and too vulnerable.
Nothing to justify it's high pop and price.