They do have the regular tiger now. Also the Panzerfusiliers which get at snares right out of the gate and also out scale the Penals by quite a lot.
They also have a early 221 which has a supringly good match vs the scout car.
There's no way OKW has worse weapon teams. The raktten is super safe and easy to vet now. The MG34 is the 2nd worse MG in the game only 2nd TO THE MAXIM. The maxim you wont really get if you get penals because of backteching.
I'm gonna assume the benefit of the doubt that you're talking about the 120mm or the Dshka with weapons team though. I'm gonna have to admit those are better yes.
Significantly worse weapon teams than Ostheer, not worse than Soviets.
Also the 221 straight up dies to a solo M3. Put them against eachother in cheatcommands mod, you’ll be surprised by how good the M3 is, especially if you use the 5% armour bulletin.
As for the fusiliers they are horrible until they upgrade, so there are downsides to them.