Back in the beta, the Soviets had a barbed wire field instead of the normal barbed wire they have now. Instead of blocking access to areas, the wire field would instead slow down all infantry passing through i. It was really cool.
Iam all in for diversity so this sounds like cool thing that they should implement again.
IMO the factions should be balanced that does not mean that the units should be similiar. The ops comparison is like comparing Ostwinds with conscripts.
But its not just 2. Lets see:
Snipersiberianstyle
Maximsivanstyle
Shockspricestyle
M3catastyle
Conslennystyle
I could go on but I surely made my point already.