I have no idea what my winrate is. from playing shermans (and plenty of sealclubbing in fireflies, yes that one isnt stabilised but thats not a big deal), myself i simply cant see their much more sluggish mobility letting them work anywhere near as well.
I just know that the thing is disgusting at 5.7 as you WILL beat everything that hasnt got the armour to ignore you unless you are side on to them, even then a lot of the time a slight angle allows the BR365 shell to lolpen because those shells penetrate angles like they are made of ice cream wafer sandwiches.
Edit: yea youre right my winrates are in the 60%s on the D5T (allegedly the bad one) and on the partisan. 72% in the IS1 too btw, and thats just a T-34-85 with better armour
In my experience the M18 at 6.0 is just an upgrade over the T-34-85. It has usable optics, significantly better mobility, and it doesn’t have nearly useless armour that just weighs you down.
I assume these Shermans you have played are the Firefly and Sherman II? Then you aren’t wrong about the mobility for those tanks, the main thing is that the M4A3(76)W beats these in terms of mobility.
Compared to the Firefly the M4A3 is lighter (32.9t vs 37.1t) and has a better engine (500 HP vs 425 HP). Compared to the Sherman II the M4A3 is slightly heavier (32.9t vs 30.6t) while having a better engine (500 HP vs 400 HP.
I have a 63.5% winrate in my M4A3(76)W over 565 games, so that winrate range isn’t particularly impressive for a 5.7 tank.
It also doesn’t make the T-34-85 look like this vastly superior medium tank.
Its beyond me how that little rat is still only 6.0. It genuinely looks like an AMX-13 equal but with FV107 scimitar mobility. if it was only in a minor nation it would be 6.7 easily
(I know why, USA mains. I hunt them in the tetrach on occasion for the fun of it)
Im also including the Ram tanks in the sherman list as they are basically lower tier jumbos, especially in playstyle.
Extra ton of weight, and lower top speed. Will get though gears faster on hilly terrain but as most maps are flat bowls at that BR the T-34 still wins overall. Far better reverse too.
this is from stock grinding, Im grinding the USSR tree and have moved on to the IS-2 now. Stock grinds for most other tanks ive played in germany and britain have been painful more than not. USSR was instantly more than competitive once i had parts.
I just wanna say, the T-34’s armor strength does not come from T H I C Cness alone. It’s a complete volumetric black hole, being near completely impervious to HE, and occasionally tanking long 88mm to the face.
Because most of those are either average or trash. The Jumbos are just flat overtiered.
The only ones you can really make an argument for raising are the T26E5 and the T32, however neither of those are even the best at their BR and 6.7-8.3 is extremely compressed so you could make a case that pretty much any tank within that range should be raised.
