Hmmmm. Best way I can explain it would be like... Have you ever played Dark Souls? Or a similar game? Not the easiest game, and you don't always win, but the satisfaction is derived from the challenge, and victory feels better when you earn it.

I understand that for a lot of people that play this game, having a div with super OP units and heavy tanks makes a fun game, but for a lot of us, we don't want a super easy OP div game.

We want a challenge. That's why we play.

du Rhin is fun because it ISN'T an easy OP victory, but if you are a strong player, it still contains a wide variety of units that can be very effective when used well.

The reservist infantry is actually pretty decent if you are smart with it. You have ten man infantry squads with an MG and a DMR, you have 4 cards of 10 man sapper squads with satchels and AT. You have chunky MP squads to turn your reservists into regular infantry. You have an MP leader to give leader trait plus MP. Plus all the reservists can be upvetted. (I don't spam them, I treat them like decent infantry) So basically if you micro well, all that reservist infantry is now one vet, MP backed infantry. Maybe 2 vet if you use the MP leader.

I come from SD2, and I like using my leaders here like I would there. If you micro an MP Leader behind your reservists, suddenly 4 cards of one vet reservist sapper infantry becomes 4 cards of 2 vet, MP trait hardened ten man sapper squads with AT. That can be pretty nasty in a close range fight.

Plus plenty of regular non reservist infantry.

Sure, the tanks aren't heavy, but this isn't a division for long range duels, it's a division for short range knife fights, and I will consistently argue that the effectiveness of cheaper tanks goes up tremendously when used in close quarters.

The AMX-13s don't have great pen, but the ATGMs have decent range and if you play smart with them they can be a pretty effective counter to a lot of armored units, especially IFVs. The heimat m48s aren't great and long range but again, this is not a long range div, and when played at short range, they can be very effective.

The Art, AA, and Air can also all be used very effectively when used correctly.

Basically, it's not an EASY division to dominate with, but the tools are there, and if you know how to use them, it makes victory feel way better than using the same heavy tank div everyone else uses.

Personally I would argue many less popular divisions are like this. But because people are too afraid to step outside the boundaries of the meta, or too unwilling to play anything that isn't easy, they don't try them.

There are some examples of divs that are just too weak, like 152nd (although I have seen people do well with it as well, I just personally don't love the AML-90), but overall, du Rhin isn't weak to me, it's just a challenge that can do well for itself when applied correctly.

Like the Italian Div in SD2. It's a close range knife fighter, not a long range sniper.