I give gaijin a lot of flak but gaijin are not going to release a premium for one of the most played nations at top tier that is the equivalent of a 10.3 tank that already has an existing premium when every piece of available information from gaijin or otherwise indicate that it will be equivalent to the 2PL but with a better round.
I believe they are incompetent but they are not going to torpedo their ability to print money.
To be fair (and no offense to those publishing the dev blogs) they are often filled with translation errors or mistakes by the authors regarding the vehicle’s capabilities.
I’m not saying that’s the case here, just that I personally wouldn’t trust what the dev-blogs claim too much.
Seeing as the only real change to the model is a seeker swap, cheaper to get them both made at the same time and then the model is ready for when you need it.
There’s not even stats for it in the game files like there is for the Python 4. Just the model.
It’s also brimming with vulnerable components now, the least it could do is not be stuck with 20 round magazines. At least now it has some sustained damage now that it’s looking to be the most fragile light vehicle.