you actually can, obviously the key is to minimize bleed through various methods so you have a fairly healthy pool of manpower. the easiest way to start is to always use conscripts to merge instead of manually reinforcing. the one time i played against t34 76 spam was against a pretty competent player and i actually had no solution to them once they hit critical mass. i think most palyers dont use this strategy because 1. they already have bias AGAINST the t34, and 2. players dont like to all-in tanks, and instead prefer to poke around and try to keep them alive.
what are the stugs gonna be vet 2 off of? in any case 2 t3476s will easily smash any ostheer medium, it only takes 2 penetrations from each tank to kill one. the primary use of the t34s will be to quickly snag enemy armor kills. fighting infantry can be dangerous because you could get snared and killed by an AT gun, not to mention the accuracy on the good is kinda poor so itll take multiple shots to land a hit. the best way to kill infantry is if you fire en masse or just run them over.
Poking my head in here - conscripts are 20 to reinforce; weapon teams are 15; the only way you can save MP is to merge into engis, penals, or guards, otherwise you suffer the received accuracy penalties for shocks. Unless I'm misunderstanding something?