RIP. Thought you were talking about USF.
Anyways, I don't know how you can complain about the m10/bulldozer to skip teching and ignore the Cmd Panther/Ostwind. The ostwind even comes in a not shitty commander with other useful things. The call-in meta is bad on all sides.
Because engies with demo and smg are bad.
There is not a single thing bad in armored company (lol radio silence).
Ostwind won't keep you from setting a tier 3 and get proper at vehicles.
Command panther is worse than normal panther and cost more because of an aura bonus it won't be useful without tier 3, and obers stg won't be used without tier 3 building.
Armored seems EXACTLY made to skip teching, it's self sufficient both in ai and at, have demos to complement both roles, off map.
M10 are used in their full potential, unlike command panther which waste part of fuel due to the non used aura bonus, and anyway you can get only one of those while m10 can be massed.
Command panther is a cost inefficient panic call in that comes in a doctrines which has as second main selling point an upgrade for top tier unit.
Armored company doesn't punish you in any way for skipping teching.
Cost efficiency of m10 doesn't help.
The problem isn't relying on a specific call in as counter to something, is not needing to tech as you use extensively such units.