Overall DPS is largely meaningless when it come to infantry AT weapons. Most competent players won't maintain range for more then one round to go off. Whether reload be 5 seconds or 7.
And in the case of Pschreks it's usually their high alpha damage that is so powerful.
This is the point to which I was alluding, so thanks O_W for pointing it out.
In vCoh, you could use Airborne and, to a lesser extent, Rangers to flank Where armor while your tank and AT guns plinked at their frontal armor. And while fire up was gimicky, it forced Wher to pull back their tanks or eat some noticeable damage. In short, like the other best parts of US strategy, flanking was a viable option, even against armor (with both infantry, wolverines, and even greyhounds). While this advantage was mitigated slightly in 4v4s, M10 trains and sticky or airborne flanks were still totally viable.
Here, rifles have very little value against armor. And they need to at least be a threat in order to counter later-game Axis armor. Because right now, the later Axis heavies can just ignore them. A potent Bazooka might change this.