Panthers have some disadvantages over Tiger tanks, like very poor rear armor, ridiculously thin roof armor (16mm) and a very poor reverse speed - still, it makes no sense to have the Tiger tank one BR above it, Panthers can beat Jumbos reliably, Tigers can’t…
Then for all of the guys who bought the Sherman firefly let me tell you how sorry I am, this tank sucks big time - it should be able to easily beat Panthers and Tigers, yet because its gun lacks any post pen damage it performs worse than a regular sherman.
Devs, fix the firefly, and then make it sit in BR4.
Now the T34 85, this tank used to be OP, but today it just blows up only looking at it. I think the big design flaw here is for the devs to asume that this tank should have a strong turret armor, while in reality the tank in general wasn’t all that different performance wise to a Panzer IV H.
The T34s 100mm armor turret was not its strength, since Panzer IV had 130+ mm of armor penetration, instead its poor frontal armor was its weakness.
→ just like the upgunned Panzer IV, the T34 85 was a glass canon.
It fits exactly right between BR4 and BR3, which is a disaster for vehicle balance.
Personally I would put that vehicle into BR3 together with a buffed Panzer IV H and then lock Stalingrad into BR2 matches, but I guess that would be too much to ask for. I guess the easier solution should be moving the IS1 into BR4.
And lastly, why is there one Sherman 76 sitting in BR5 while the other sits in BR4?
The 76 mm gun is not good enough to justify BR5 in general, and all of these vehicles should move into BR4.
