....but often found itself confounded by Volks with Panzerschreks, the deadly lightweight Puma, not to mention the JagdPanzer....
Well I didn't go there, but I can. In all honesty, US Doctrine translates horribly into CoH2 and I wish Relic realised that sooner. We attacked with Shermans and brought in the Tank Killers when we met Armoured resistance. The problem with that is in CoH2, you're always expected to meet armoured resistance, so TD's are always the go-to unit and the Sherman takes a back-seat in everything. Another thing is we don't have Airplanes in CoH2 that destroy any KT or JT for us before we get to the front.
The side-effect is that the Americans in CoH2 cannot deal well with armour because Relic cannot figure out how to make them good at with whilst still making it fair to the German player, because a P-47 blowing up your Jagdtiger as soon as USF knows it's there isn't fun.
Personally I feel they should have gone with 76mm Shermans (Weren't those in the trailer..?) and maybe a Radio Car that calls-in a slow-constant Artillery on Tanks instead of having a weapon. (now I'm just fantasizing..)