Nothing has been done about Soviet body armor despite it being the biggest balance issue of the entire game - just give it a simple movement speed penalty and people will think twice if they want to trade their speed for extra survivability.
At least do something already pls.
10% is not enough. It should be more like BAR or even Maxim run speed. Plus no protection from the rear, because the armour only protects the front.
I was thinking it could also just be a BR IV “weapon”, since guns with 12.7 or more damage don’t have too much issue penetrating it.
Literally just shoot them and they are dead… it’s a placebo strat to kill the enemies morale just like the officer cap.
Give all factions body armor, or give it to none of them. That’s just basic common sense, which is apparently eluding the Dev’s. 
If the Devs add body armour to all factions, I won’t pay them that $30 for the squad slots and I will uninstall.
It’s better they remove the mechanic entirely.
Does affect balance quite a bit in low BR.
And the fact this isnt exactly the only hidden feature this one faction enjoys over others.
I would prefer they just removed it. I use very few squads with body armor, I just think it looks cheesy, and I like nice tidy uniforms. 
This is basically 80% of my Soviet squads right here. 
I would rather just remove the extra protection.
Cosmetics should have no impact on gameplay, either remove all effects or turn breastplates into backpack slot item with appropriate buffs and debuffs (I’ll happily make a list of them, just a little tired at the moment do it here and now).
I preffer them staying cosmetics only, because I do want similar options for Commonwealth troops in Europe who historicly used body armour to the same extent (or greater, depending on the maths used) to the Soviets, but I don’t want them in places outside of Europe where they were never used.
Better to make it a cosmetic that has no bearing on physical perks.
I just think it takes effort to implement armor in such way - simply giving it a simple movement speed penalty will be a easy fix for the time being, or at least I suspect so… I am obviously no game dev.
Unlikely
They have sell 2 premium squad with body armor as their gimmick
You’re probably right, but since they gave “ONE FACTION” and “ONE FACTION” only body armor, if they are not going to remove it then their is absolutely no excuse not to offer it to “EVERY OTHER FACTION”. One faction in this game gets body armor, and one faction in this game gets a paratrooper squad with unlocked weapons, coincidence?
so anybody know what the Russian side of Forum say about that?.. I guess they see it the same way… it is a unsportsmanlike advantage?!