the USF strafe pins AND does damage to squads caught in the line of fire. the ostheer strafe only pins and deals NO damage. the damage is actually really significant and can easily wipe low health squads in the line of fire. if you increase the damage too much, you run the risk of wiping squads that are at 75% of hp, and if the damage is too high, you can wipe full health squads. do you really want that? do you really want for a strafe to wipe a full health squad?
how does the thunderbolt .50cal strafe compare to the 90 mu il2 23mm strafe on advanced warfare?
even the tank buster strafe on CAS cost only 110 mu.