I couldnt care less about GRB or the state of CAS at the moment, Top tier tanks are so badly balanced that unless you are in the top 3 tanks, you might as well not even bother playing top tier.
I want aircraft like the Tornado Gr4 and Typhoon to have some of their IRL performance for other gamemodes like ASB.
I know, shock horror, there are other gamemodes to GRB in War Thunder
Again, I dont entirely disagree, though if we have Su-30s firing KH-38MT or F-15E, Gripen C, F-16, etc etc firing GBU-39s from beyond the range of an IRIS-T SLM. Then I dont think its unreasonble to ask for the Typhoon to have something similar.
Its already artificially nerfed rather massively for "reasons " so a GPS gudied stand off weapon I think its a bare minimum ask and would be great fun for ASB
If GRB maps were designed for anything other than Micro CQB, then maybe the BVM would have lost its edge, but its small design, great armour and great mobility still keep it very potent for the CQB brawls that we have at top tier.
CQB is the area where reload is the most important.
Luckily only 8 nations ingame outreload the BVM with every single toptier capable MBT they have
some CQB oriented maps are heavily ridgeline focussed (Mozdok and Finland as prime examples). BVM just cannot compete here.
In CQB you want to be able to react quickly to new situations. Often you need a reverse gear to do this efficiently. This is another area where the BVM falls behind.
Even in the playstyle that fits the BVM the best (small flat maps like Rhine) you do not have a reliable edge to exploit over other picks due to the many flaws your design brings.