Since you like using K/Ds as an argument, let’s try taking myself, an all-nation player, as an example to illustrate my point:
Germany:
Leopard 2A7V: 1.97 (+)
Leopard 2A6: 1.38 (+)
Leopard 2 PSO: 1.30 (+)
Leopard 2A5: 1.25 (+)
Leopard 2 PL: 1.14 (+)
Sweden:
Strv 122B PLSS: 1.40 (+)
Strv 122A: 1.32 (+)
Strv 122B+: 1.30 (+)
Japan:
Type 10: 1.58 (+)
TKX: 1.53 (+)
Type 90: 1.40 (+)
Type 90 (B): 1.37 (+)
Russia:
T-80BVM: 1.24 (+)
T-72B3: 1.16 (+)
T-90M: 1.11 (+)
T-80U: 1.01 (+)
U.K:
Challenger 3 (TD): 1.26 (+)
Black Night: 1.15 (+)
Challenger 2E: 1.12 (+)
Challenger 2 (2F): 1.08 (+)
Challenger 2: 0.98 (-)
Challenger 2 TES: 0.97 (-)
France:
Leclerc S.1: 1.20 (+)
Leclerc S.2: 1.14 (+)
Israel:
Merkava Mk.4M: 1.15 (+)
Merkava Mk.4B: 1.13 (+)
Merkava Mk.4LIC: 1.08 (+)
America:
M1A2 SEPv2: 1.41 (+)
M1A1 HC: 1.17 (+)
M1A2: 0.97 (-)
M1A2 SEP: 0.96 (-)
M1A1 AIM: 0.90 (-)
Now… why may that be?
And before you jump in to stat-shame or say “skill issue”, I know I am far from being a good player, as I am merely average and I don’t care to do any better. I play War Thunder extremely casual while browsing the Forums, watching shorts, playing music, eating ice cream and generally not caring a single bit about K/Ds.
But if the Abrams tanks are so OP and so good… why could I possibly perform worse on them than on many other MBTs I have? If they are so OP and so good, shouldn’t it carry this noob’s matches? Isn’t that what OP vehicles do?
Wouldn’t you agree that, when the same player plays many vehicles the exact same way… the performance is decided at least mostly by the vehicle’s capabilities?