If all MBTs had that flaw then autocannon vehicles would be played much more to exploit that. Right now 1/10 nations have that problem so spawning a light tank just for that isn’t worth it.
That too.
Too many people are ignorant to the point of not realizing turret ring was always the least of the M1’s issues.
But the constant moaning definitely made Gaijin do some ridiculous stuff like giving M1A1 the 5s reload speed or keeping the likes of Click Bait and company at 11.7 when they clearly deserve 12.0.
It was one of the biggest issues that M1 120mm version families had, not to mention new detailed modules made it much worse than before.
Gaijin decided not to fix those issues including hull armor because they believe M1 family’s increased weight means nothing and they decided to buff its reload instead.
Many people would’ve been much happier with more accurate M1’s rather than giving better reload time.
Hydraulic pump placement for example always did you dirty on pretty much all penetrating hits and caused issues. On the other hand, turret ring buffs would pretty much go unnoticed while fighting the most common threat, MBTs.