Meh, its too late for this kind of changes, if anyone at lelic ever had even a slightest bit of common sense they would not put it game as it's clearly doesnt fit anywhere in soviet tech and barely has any purpose other than being bigger T-70 and looking ridiculous in late war setting, same as KV-1
To be fair though - other allied mediums arent doing much better
Ele / JT don't do anything if all the infantry is a fine red mist.
It's always a duel of artillery, and IMO allies have a slight advantage there. But it is super restrictive for commanders. You NEED heavy artillery. Ideally a few mortar halftracks (one usf player can supply everyone). A recon + offmap combo to remove fixed guns.
And axis players cant invest in Stukas and Werfers LeFHs?, right? Because only allies have acess to artillery.
Vetoed it long ago, it's super axis favored in all stages of the game.
Cant really flank dedicated MG42 spammers due to chokepoint design of the map which leads to mortar spam which favors in-your-face OKW trucks that reinforce leigs/mortars.
In late game once elefant/JT are out you cant realistically take north or mid as flanking isnt possible
Even Red Ball is better than this as you can use lanes you have control of to flank enemy
guard rifle is OP regardless of whether it has a defensive bonus or not
Suck it up, allies cyber warrior
Even by wehraboo standards you're quite something. If Guards were op people would be playing only Guard doctrines same way Overwatch was in every game thanks to JLI. Thats not the case.
That is... literally the foundation of what I suggest?
No, you're suggesting buffs for cons in exchange for essentialy making Penals something else. Penals work while cons do not, that kind of changes are pointless without any effort to make Cons viable and as we can see from 7th con upgrade - conscript role of being cannon fodder is only being reinforced further.
Conscripts need weapon upgrade, whether it's singular LMG or just better rifles for whole squad but they actual weapons to deal damage, as long as they have their joke mosins now they will remain unused because they cant trade with anything including axis mainlines once upgrades kick in