It might be a good option. The Panther D has a great gun and armor but it can still be Penned in the front part of the turret by the T-34-85 and it has an extremely slow turret traverse speed.
Thoughts?
Why?
The Pz 4 J is perfectly fine as a starter tank.
The only problem is that the armor modeling is piss poor.
we could also just replace the t-34-85 with t-34-57
inb4 this thread devolves into X and Y mains flinging poop at each other.
i think Pz.IVH is better, or soviet starter tank change to t-34-57.
Panzer IVH would probably be the best replacement, as while the Tiger 1 or Panther D would be plausibly balanced replacements, I’m sure soviet mains would never live it down.
I’d be happy with the current level of armor if they fixed the t-35 damage model and gave the pz. iv a turret drive,
I don’t even bother slotting bombers on my other squads as soviets. German armor in Berlin is barely a threat.
On my Germans I take bombers on pretty much every squad.