- Replace the 19 APCBC shells with HE shells
- Replace the 18 Hl.Gr 38B shells (80mm pen) with the Hl.Gr 38C shell (115mm pen)
- Both above changes
- No changes (leave it pointless)
It’s no secret that the StuG 3A is quite a weak vehicle now, a nerf in all ways in comparison to the short 75mm armed panzer 4s and 3N Stalingrad, especially since the normal TT ones got their HE replaced with HEAT, which was the only upside the StuG 3A had over them. Why would you want to play just a nerfed panzer 4 now, with no turret which significantly lowers your gun’s traverse, no machine gun, and much less ammo for the main gun (80 shells on the pz4F1 vs only 44 on the StuG)? The downsides of the StuG are enough to warrant a significant buff to justify keeping it where it is, and I think both proposed solutions would make this more viable. The first one, and the one I’d prefer to see, is the current HEAT shell, the Hl.Gr 38B with 80mms of penetration to be replaced with the Hl.Gr 38C, which has 115mms of penetration, already found on the tech tree Panzer 3N. This will allow it to play it’s role as a tank destroyer better, as it can combat BR3 vehicles which constantly are nuisances to BR2 tanks that can’t do too much to them. Another solution is to replace the obsolete APCBC with HE shells, as the HEAT rounds are just better at dealing with tanks. It could also be possible to implement both of these changes, but I don’t know how popular that idea will be, but I’ll still leave it an option.