What can you possibly do to KV-8 other than allowing it's 45mm and flamethrower use at same time? It's not like with 50 pen and 80 damage it would be a threat to anything other than werfers and stukas by the time it comes out
CQC is not limited in urban setting and can easily happen in forest maps. Thus Shock troops are not "urban specialist" as you described them and they will not be until the get specialized anti-garrison weapons.
In addition the are offensive troops and not defensive and they do not fit a commander described as urban defense thematically.
They are not "urban combat specialists" they have nothing specially designed for urban warfare over other CQC troops and they certainly do not have anything that help defend.
PLS stop the personal comments.
CQC troops are desinged for close quaters combat, which is exactly what urban setting is. Stupid does not even begin to describe your trolling attempts here.
Urban Defense doctrine was never about defense, it was about agressively pushing enemy and snowballing game, defensive stuff it got was there to protect FHQ from getting getting burned down. Right now it looks more defensive than before rework thanks to incendiary arty being replaced by KV-2 and constant FHQ nerfs
Jagdtiger makes more sense than sturmtiger or howitzer for Overwatch, in fact it makes much more sense for JT to be in Overwatch compared to Breakthrough
Looking back at NKVD before rework its plain obvious the only good thing it received during rework was Commisar. It already had IL-2 loiter + radio intercept and theres absolutely noway anyone would realistically pick it over Guard Rifle or Armored Assault, both these doctrines have good infantry squads/upgrades or late game tank combo while NKVD has Commisar and thats it
Who that Commisar is even supposed to support in first place? Cons are worthless late game without upgrades and Penals are forced into PTRS upgrade which kills their AI damage without Guards covering them. This doctrine has no endgame tanks or focus on infantry (something you'd expect from a doctrine with Commisar) and even infiltration units despite disruption being a supposed theme.
That doctrine is only in a *slightly* better state compared to pre-rework. It needs focus on infantry or utility thats not flamethower tanks or meme-traps
Urban Defence rework ended up being much better in comparison
Problematic how? KV-2 siege mode is literally worse than it was before rework due to nerfs. Brummbar is not borderline overpowered, it IS overpowered because it's performance is completely insane for it's cost and thats not true for 230 fuel CP 14 heavy.