The more I play against early shocks the less if an issue I have. You just got to figure out how to counter them, getting a sniper and keeping it alive is the best strat. I have been using this build every game lately and it has done wonders; 1 gren 1 mg (go to fuel and hold or harass a little with gren) then sniper. The sniper really scares soviet players and forces them to make a decision they probably don't want to make. They either got to forget about going shocks and get that sniper off the field or go shocks and bite the bullet. Either way getting an early supported sniper puts the OH player in the drivers seat a bit and forces a reaction from soviet.
MG, Gren and Sniper does mean 4 Cons on the field at the same time. One attack with only 3 of them forces of your mg because 1 gren cant stop them and sniper might shoot maximum 3 times before he has to retreat as well. Do not really see how thats going to help, unless you play really passive and hand most of the map without a fight to the soviet. Sniper is great against shocks, but only with a solid frontline he can hide behind so he can take shots as he pleases. he is not the stopping power himself!