US 6.7 is why I stopped playing the US tree. The tanks for me werent terrible but they just arent my style, slow, long reload, vulnerable to flanks.
10 of 14 matches I played at this BR in November were full uptiers. So almost 80% of matches fighting 7.7 tanks.
Between the M107 and the M50, bottom tier matches for me personally haven’t been an issue. I’ve gotten 3 nukes in the T34, 1 in the M50, and 1 in the M107 this year so far. US gets plenty of heat slingers and heavies. Ironically, this is probably the BR where the US has the worst air MU’s in GRB because of the jets, but as soon as you hit 7.0 you’re back in business. It’s not as bad as 6.7 Russia where you’re still using an IL-10 for ground pounding, but it’s no walk in the park staying alive in the air here.
I do have the M6A2E1 and A-1H but I rarely use them in uptiers so I don’t think event vehicle bias is getting in my way.
Use literally any US 6.7 tank (except the M26 - it doesn’t belong here) and you’re good.
I’d still bring the M41A1 and M109 despite them being 6.3, they punch well above their weight.
And the T92.
Don’t rely on your hull armor. The M26 really is a bad medium tank with heavy tank mobility.
The big US super heavies are meant to snipe and fight hull down. However there are only a few tanks in that range that put the fear of God in me when they look my direction, the T29, T32, T34, and IS-2. All of those play about the same. If heavy tanks don’t match your play style then don’t play them.
T92 is now 7.0 in realistic mode.
6.7 is heavy tank heaven especially in midtiers and in downtiers which are common on NA server peak hours. The T29, T30 and T34 all lack some hull armor compared to IRL and their mantlets can be penned by the 122 / 88mm, making them dependent on a cover-oriented playstyle. The T26E5 has a worse gun but much more consistent armor.
So, I recommend pulling out your heavies first in downtiers. When uptiered, lead with a light, get some SP and then spawn a heavy once it goes late-game and people have used up their good tanks.
Get the M50 and the M56 as quickly as possible.
Having played to 6.7 US I’m going to assume you’ve done what every US main is required to do that is track and barrel torture.
Bad news, you’re going to have to do it with a 20 second reload.
Good news, you have almost functional armor if you’re hull down and your reverse speed is finally starting to come in to play.
good
M50 is actually goated. 433mm of pen with more post-pen damage than any heat round has a right to and it gets the spotting+TD SP discount so you almost always get to follow it up with CAS if you want.
I took it happily to 7.7 was always great against the IS-3 rush at the start of a match.
Honestly as often as I get uptiered it doesn’t really matter if it’s 6.7 or 7.0. 6.7 always gets pulled up.
If you’ve got US air to the same level of research 7.0 is the better BR anyway since you get the F80A and F3D-1. There aren’t many people playing 8.0 either so you’re going to be playing the same matches anyway.