Profile of RoastinGhost

One thing about the Bolster Infantry Sections upgrade is that Infantry Sections are always the price of a 5-man squad. The price should be 224 for a 4-man squad, and that's a pretty major difference. The upgrade is mandatory for using infantry, partly because of the manpower premium you're paying.
(This isn't true for Sappers and I have no idea why when looking at the code)
Maybe something could be done with that to improve the faction?

I'm just speculating here, but it seems like UKF's main problem is that its units are highly effective in certain situations, but they have very little field presence otherwise. The mortar pit, for instance- for a pretty basic unit, it has to do a lot of damage to pay for itself.

If you remove reload bonus, 76mm will legit become less than useful than stock 75mm Sherman. Reload is only thing making 76mm viable compared to 75mm considering armor/pen vise 76mm is barely better than stock one.

I mean, that could be changed as well.
It would make sense if the Sherman 76 and the Easy 8 had similar weapons, but they don't.

It would also make sense if the Easy 8 wasn't slower than the other Shermans, or had slightly better moving accuracy instead of extra health. Oh well.

For British Tactical Support, I agree that the mortar and crocodile are pretty much the reasons to pick it. Since the crocodile appears in 2/8 anyway, I think it should be replaced and other abilities brought up a bit.

I'd like to see a 1CP ability that adds 2 of these; Recon Section, Buildable Medics, and rifle grenade for Infantry. British Commanders rarely affect the early game, so it would be unique in that sense. Recon and Grenades fit the indirect fire theme of the commander, and are CoH1 callbacks. Medics would save some munitions and make the loss of the Forward Assembly's medics easier.

Reducing the cost of Forward Observation abilities by say 25% would be useful.

also ive said this before, but recovery sapper resource gain is absolutely pitiful

I thought the gains were normalized between salvagers a while back, but apparently it's different between OKW and British (/formerly Soviet)? That's odd and should be looked at, but unfortunately seems a bit beyond the scope of this patch.

I also think that the airdrop is remarkably inexpensive for what it does; it sure would be nice if USF Airborne drops were cheaper/combined. But again, outside the scope of the patch

I think the 1.3 Mechanized Company goes way too far with the amount of call-ins available to it.

Armor Company is feeling good- very happy to see how close it is to my suggestion! I'd switch out the Vet Gain bonus from Elite Crews for Faster Embark, though. This makes them more likely to survive, and it seems that every other Vet Gain bonus has been removed from the game.

Not sure if Shocks were the right thing to add to Urban Defense Tactics; they may be too good with Forward Base, and appear in lots of doctrines already.

Similarly, the Churchill Crocodile is already in enough commanders.

A forward base for Defensive Doctrine would be more interesting than Osttruppen.

The Artillery Officer seems redundant in German Infantry Doctrine, since 5-man squads and MP40 troops are both present elsewhere.

A free bail sounds frustrating to play against. How about faster bail instead? that way you have to stay on your toes, but you still have a better chance of saving your crews.

I think the hard part to figure out with this upgrade is what it's really meant for. Should it benefit crews inside of tanks, or outside of them?

If you lose a tank and your Elite Crew escapes, do you want to keep the tommy gun-wielding fast repair guys outside, or do you want your new tank to get their vet? Neither solution is great because of the opportunity cost.

My recommendation-
-2 Thompsons
-Fast Bail
-small repair bonus
for 30mu.

That would allow more crews to live, and make the new displaced crews a bit more valuable.