Spam grens, skip T2, get a stugIII, kill T-70. It costs a soviet player more fuel to get molotovs, T1 or 2, T3 and a T70 than it takes you to get a stugIII if you skip T2. Then, you are free to back-tech to T2 or just go for another tank. If you want your few minutes of fun with a flamer halftrack, then you should prepare for the soviet having a few minutes of fun with his T70. Seems fair enough.
If I skip T2 then his shocks will rape me and the stug wont be able to do anything about it. Until I get a Stug just because soviets contol more map he will have his t-70 roaming around and killing my grens even base is not a safe place. Especially if he knows I skipped T2. So having no sqads but a freaking stug is not the best of options.
Mines are not an option aswell cause only brain dead will let their t-70 go from obvious paths. To counter T-70 with a mine means you have to mine most of the places, but you cant do that in 7 mins. I don`t have a problem with soviets in general they are actually my favorites ( not the new commanders though). But T-70 needs a nerf everybody knows that.
Also I don`t know why but after the starting MP changed its kinda hard to counter soviets early game in general.