That's not my point. Smoke grenades were given to Riflemen because Riflemen are supposed to smoke & flank and are supposed to be mobile at all times. This only works properly versus defensive factions. A .50 cal can't be smoked, that is one of the most mobile MGs in the game with a really good setup/pickup time designed around attack moving.
Smokes would be good versus bunkers, MG42s/34s, Shwerer HQs, static tanks such as Panthers or JP4s instead of highly mobile units such as M10s, .50 cals, M20s, M15AA, Shermans, etc. USF doesn't even have defensive emplacements besides the Fighting Pit which can die to small arms fire.
As I said in my original post, I was talking about design. Each faction was designed to counter the opposing team, that's how the game was designed, assymetrical balance. If you make it symmetrical all of a sudden you get huge design issues.
For ex. Bazookas can be overpowered versus Allied tanks because Allied tanks have less HP and less armor, so each Bazooka round would penetrate. In terms of DPS the Bazooka is better than the Panzershrek if all rounds penetrate, when you have two on Riflesquad with AT grenades you get terrible balance issues vs. Shermasn, T34/76s, etc. The only reason why its weaker versus Axis is because they tend to have more armor.
More examples: Did you know the Panzer IV has more armor but less penetration than the Sherman? It doesn't seem that way because a Sherman vs. P4 is usually in favor of the P4 (especially P4-J) because of its higher armor value. A Sherman needs more penetration or else its useless because Axis mediums and heavies all have really high armor. Now what happens when a P4 versus an Axis tank opposed to the usual Allied paper armor? It's rendered useless with a penetration value smaller than a Sherman's. It wouldn't stand a chance versus JP4s, Panthers, Tigers because it wouldn't even penetrate. It's not a mobile tank either so how do you flank an Axis tank with a P4? Hmm.
It's elementary guys, it's not hard to figure out why assymetrically balanced/designed factions would suck if changed to symetrical.
Post doesnt make much sense. Bazookas actually being good in usf mirror matches might actually be very interesting since it would actually counter light vehicle rushes and make for a diverse meta. Againts sov they wouldntnbe good except fending off t70 or quad.
Really dont know what you mean from allied paper armor since aside from usf allies have many heavyish tanks. Only paper tank really is sov t34 76 which nobody uses. Shermans would still lose to m10 and would be countered by zooks. Thinking about it USF mirror match would be alot of fun since it would be a very rifle and support heavy meta. Light vehicles would have a counter with zooks . Fair and skill based armor battles. Infantry with zooks continue to play a big role againts armor. Demos 0 50 cals and pak howis to counter blobbing. It would also come down to positioning rather than meta abuse like axis vs allied.
Thinking about it i think usf mirror would be awesome. Of course in automatch mirror shouldnt happen because game is about ww2. But tournaments ? Why not