tiny changes, AVS better sideways recoil (6 vs 8, more damage) vs AVT (tiny lower dispertion, less visual recoil).
Overall Ill take more dmg and recoil sway but ofc both weapons solid.
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I thought about it… but AKT used to have such a low ammo pool that I was compelled to give ammo pouches instead…
Then one day devs gave them a bit more ammo but at that point I just forgot.
They’re back in style today, thought! 
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Why would you do that? You can just use TT rifleman squad with 2 engineers a one AT gunner (this setup is exclusive to only some rifleman squads, I believe Rifleman I). And you can equip all of them with AVS-36 and big ammo pouch.
The biggest advantage of AKT squad is that it’s on BR4. And Soviets do have extremely strong BR4 lineup.
You can cycle 3 T-34/85. There’s KV-2, bramit ppd, premium ppd with bayonet, pfaust 100, p63 with recently added bomb…
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oh I run 2 other rifle squads for rotation.
You mathematically cant beat 28 weapons handling. Full recoil control every which way, and AVS still does more dmg + combined 25 rds total before needing to reload. Also ran RNM50 for team leader and that usually gets more kills than any tank ( have tanks in lineup but hand mortars simply too strong so rarely use armor) 
Do agree, now theyre completely OP for BR4. Gerat being BR5 feels increadibly rough 
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well Germans can cycle 3 Panthers.
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T-34/85 is far more versatile than Panthers.
PS another benefit of AKT is their 15% medipac heal stacks with the 3/3 75% bonus so their down state is basically 1/4 of a second ie. it pseudo acts like 20HP total with next to zero down state but im curious about other players thoughts on that.
just because of Panthers reverse?
Yeah, that’s one of advantages. Then there’s extremely troll armor which can completely ignore EPs very often.
Plus the tank overall feels way more nimble.
T-34/85 is definitely my favorite BR4 tank atm.
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pretty much, battlefield mobility is goated. Obv T34-100 is the king here but yeah I always prefer the Tiger 1 to Panther, literally for its reverse capability
Personally never liked using the shorter down state perks, they are OP on paper, but they only save you from time to time.
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its to me just a shame that it has so little ammo…
sprint is king yes but akt squad can only run 15? mobility max so not happening. In lieu of this Ive been very surprised by how handy the quarter second down state was here;
Yeah… it’s one of things that upsets me a lot. I love the gerat. But it’s weak damage and horrible dispersion make the weapon not worthy of br 5. It’s not even a full auto rifle.
Meanwhile the premium Winchester is at it’s rightful place at br4.
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Any idea why it was left at BR5? Just Axis not complaining enough about it? Its completely out of whack being BR5, but maybe all the MG belt drama is obscuring the other considerations…
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No idea, really… they merely added 5 more bullets per magazines. But still get hideous dispersion and baaad damage for a high br semi…
Since premium Winchester is br4 AND gold order Farquhar AND SVT with tiny 20 rounds drum AND Mondragon… there’s no reason to leave Gerät at br5.
It always feel like devs are afraid of giving good things to axis and only ever do so out of absolute necessity. King tiger H is a very old excuse… it’s probably also why axis is the only faction without mg belts 100+ rounds.
Who knows.
High BR (5) semis dont exist, except as snipers at this point.
Its literally the only anomaly in BR5 I believe?
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BR5 sniper garand is joke that has no place to be at BR5. It’s nowhere near comparable to FG or AVS.
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Unless I’m missing something, yes.
It’s a shame because I’m not fond of SF rifles, but I love semis…
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I was glad that the ACT, Krieghof and Fg with a grenade launcher were noticeably improved. After the last fix, its output has worsened a little, but not as bad as it was before.
In my opinion, there was no need to degrade the premium, event and automatic sniper rifles of all factions.
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