New update (also put in the original post):
“If you want to have the Tiger tank unit but don’t want to have France go first, using the 1941 tank pieces for the Soviets (IS-2, I believe), as heavy tanks, with the same statistics as the German Tiger tanks. They would be available to be purchased from the start, representing the superiority of Soviet armor early in Operation Barborossa (at least when we don’t consider logistics and more complicated factors, but this game never does, so why stop now). It would also help balance the game.”