I see no reason why to not include this. Comrade Stalin's might is underrepresented in this game anyways.
That's partially because when CoH2 came out, Ostheer had all the best AT and mediocre AI, and Soviet had all the AI and mediocre AT. Not sure what kind of idea that was, luckily it was trashed relatively early on, but you can still see evidence of it everywhere. T-34-84 and Panther, ISU and Elefant, Flamethrower vs Panzerschreck, Incendiary Strike vs Artillery, etc.
They rebalanced the game and did away with that, but they didn't redesign it, so the old aspects remain, just less stupid.