sure in a blob there are 4x4 garands and 2x2 bars
16 garands and 4 bars and they have elite armour.
thats 2 bar riflesquads and 1 vanilla worth of damage + the 4 RRs will kill 1 inf per volley+ the blob has huge health and can lose a ton of men without losing any AT capability.
"Hi, my name is Ununoctium and I don't use facts"
AB use Carbines, it does less damage than the Garand at all ranges, and I mean DPS, it kills slowly.
AB do not have Elite armor, they have Airborne armor.
Its a blob of ELITE infantry, expect it to hit hard. Its no different than a Stormy or KCH blob. Saying "but they get RR's!!!" doesn't work. Its the same as getting a bunch of KCH and adding in schrek squads. They are different units.
AB cost a hell of a lot more than normal infantry all said and done.