i ask myself everyday why in the hell are penals (strafnikis) and unexpierenced USF trainees better than german troops which fought since years on all fronts...
The US had experience in Africa, Italy, and France. But many US Troops fighting into Germany were veterans of previous campaigns. Yeah there were new guys too, but many of them were well trained new guys, and they had the veterans around to offer advice that training doesn't cover. Penals I would agree with, but I've long supported rebranding them as the general infantry unit.
the german soldier was a well trained and experienced soldier.
In 1941. Of course being at war for half a decade does things to your army. One of those things is that all your great soldiers are injured or killed over time, and the quality of replacements declines until the final months where they were conscripting teenagers and anyone else available (which is not portrayed in this game).
sovjets didnt trained their soldiers in most cases...they get a hat, jacket, shoes and maybe a weapon
This is a myth that has come from Western media. While there was a period during the Battle of Moscow and Battle of Stalingrad where the Soviet Union was particularly desperate, that is not the case in a game based mostly around late war.
The thing with CoH2 is it doesn't have a specified time-frame other than just "late-war". The original Eastern factions are mostly based around early 1944, the Western factions are based around late 1944, and the British Forces are based around 1945.