As we know the German 6.7 BR bracket is very heavy and slow, with our options being the two Tiger II’s the Ferdinand/Elefant, the Jagdtigers and not a lot of lighter vehicles, as our only light options on this particular BR is the German M41 Bulldogs, and no medium tank option for Germany at all.
there is an apparent lack of light/medium tank for germany in the 6.0 - 7.7 bracket as we skip from the 6.0 Panthers to the 7.7 M48A2C, as of now the only 2 option to play a medium tank in this br for germany is to bring out the 6.0 Panthers to 6.7 lineups which is fine but will struggle a lot on uptiers, and the other option is to bust out the 7.0 Panther II where you can get uptiered to 8.0, both of which is not an optimal solution
i would like to explore a couple of options regarding vehicles that can be added onto this BR bracket for german ground tech tree, more specifically for the medium tanks category. id also be rating them from the scale of 1-10 according to my opinion of how well it can be implemented
- Panther II/G turm - 6/10
the “accurate” Panther II is something that id always wanted in this game, though as of now with the br it would be better sitting at 6.3 and be used as a backup option for 6.7 lineups, the issue is again the gun, it will struggle a little in full uptiers against some of the american and soviet heavies, but the tank itself will be a better improvement over the regular Panthers
- Panzer 58 (KW 30/57) - 8/10
I will specifically mention the 90mm version, but the 20 pdr version is not that different imo, if we do get the swiss tech tree added as a Germany sub tree i think this tank would be a perfect fit for the 6.7 german lineup, of course the better option is to add it as a separate tech tree vehicle as switzerland is a very unique country, but if not then this is a very solid option.
- Europanzer Group A/ Porsche Model 734 - 8/10
The “Prototype” stage tank that birthed both the leopards and the amx 30, i think the specific tank of the Group A would be perfect for this br bracket, with the tank armed with 90mm gun instead of the 105mm L7, though i do need more research on the gun specifically cause i do not know if the gun is maybe too good for this br bracket. as far as im concerned this might be the best option if we wanted a distinct german tank for this br bracket
honestly id probably update this list further as i havent explore any of the east german option (though i do think i wont be able to find anything as the east germans are armed with T-34-85s and T-55s which are both either undertiered or overtiered for this specific problem)