I simply remember that STUG III G back in the Normandy campaign had a different damage model, I have never frontally been killed by any Jumbo I have encountered ever, they changed how easy it is to penetrate STUG III G with the merge.
That however is more of a gut feeling experience of mine, I play too rarely other factions than Germany to have a true opinion about this matter - being on the receiving end of a STUG G is actually something I have never had to overcome.
I suspect that it isnt hard to kill STUG III G with T34 and KV1 because I die to them quite often - but again I fear for tanks with bad post pen damage.
But keep in mind that back in normandy the shermans where stuck with M 72 instead that only had 90mm of pen but now they have M 62 with 100mm so pre merge it was way more tanky comapatively.
Hm, who is behind that gun mantlet- if the gunner can be taken out easily I guess I call this BR reduction a “let me test it before I form an opinion”.
I will test this out extensively, I own 2 legacy squads with STUGs, so I will be able to bring 3 Stugs into my BR2 matches.
My gut feeling tells me it would have been better to give STUG A HEAT C rounds and removing regular AP and lowering smoke rounds so that it could have plenty of AT and anti infantry power - as a more support fire premium alternative to STUG III F.
Stug III G could have gotten a coax MG ( which later versions actually had) and stayed in BR3 as a more armored alternative to later Panzer IV.
You are right that it can be taken out by all enemies - but pixel hunting is never fun.
True that. That being said, there are many many more vehicles that are frontally almost immortal to many lower BR vehicles like Panther, KV1, Jagdpanzer IV L70, Jumbo, not to mention Panzer III M having almost the same armor as Stug III G.
No turret is Less and less of a downside as you get better at the game. It’s largely negated by situational awareness and positioning and can be considered an advantage as it makes you a smaller target. No mg is admittably a downside but not even that big of one
