So I played some games recently with these guys and they are pretty great, not to mention cheap and come out instantly.
At the same time they are bloody useless due to almost 100% overlap with volks since both:
- are a long range infantry squad.
- get a firepower upgrade.
- have a snare.
- have a grenade.
Sadly, if you keep your initial volks alive you will not have a reason to ever get panzerfusiliers in my opinion. Plus they are in a doctrine that's not so great for 1v1. I'm sad.
I don't care if the truck is sturdy or not, but I do care about the fact that they can sit there and out reinforce any attacking force while shrugging off any infantry that's not heavily supported by mg's.