I guess I didn't really get to asking you in the post, but that's what I wanted to know. There's kind of a different answer for 1v1s, 2v2s and then 3v3s and 4v4s.
For starters, the M5 call-in gives you the option for an actual reinforcing halftrack. The quad upgrade is there as an option, but it serves a strong utility to USF without it. I wouldn't put an ambulance on the front lines, but I would with an M5, Quad or no. The ambulance is just a mobile triage center anyway.
And like you said, the commander call-in gives you a good mobile AA/AI option while skipping LT. Going captain into major, if you're able to capitalize on fuel early game, can work out quite well in your favor.
In 1v1s this utility can be very useful in providing alternate/less predictable teching paths. Fast stuarts are strong in the current meta, and the suppression of the quad can be nice to pop out against an OKW player defaulting to a schreck blob, for instance. I think currently this is where the M5 currently fits in the best.
In 2v2s the usefulness isn't as prominent. Depending on teamwork there's a whole different kind of commander/tier synergy, with the addition of faction synergy. I mean, just having a soviet ally kind of undermines the call-in M5.
In 3v3s and 4v4s, well, USF are silly to begin with. Six to eight player games are pretty much a farce in terms of balance and sanity. They can be a fun arena to wipe a thousand-plus manpower in a single demo charge, but there's no hope for balance/logic there in the game's current form. Light vehicle call-ins arrive way late in 3v3s and 4v4s, and are usually not worth getting. Ostheer's mortar halftrack is the only exception that I can think of.
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