That might be the first vehicle I know that works a million times better in a full uptier than in a full downtier, and for a simple reason: it can’t deal properly with the onslaught of well-armored early cold war tanks. At least in a full uptier, you meet A LOT of light tanks that you can eal with efficiently.
Am I becoming crazy?
I’d say yes.
VBCI (25 mm variant) is pretty much capable of dealing with any target at its battle rating, it will work just fine as Type 87 RCV is doing at lower battle rating. Although lower caliber than 30 mm autocannons, lower damage as well, it should be better due to the fire rate which is a big advantage that will help you work around these flaws.
StatShark show rather low numbers but in my experience I had no problem playing these vehicles; not the best numbers but in my opinion is something, it could be better if I cared using back-ups:
