Here what Relic has to say from the patch notes:
"The role of the T34 is that of a flanker meant to exploit enemy weak points with hit and run tactics. "
Now pls stop fabricating thing that are false and present them as Relic's design.
You are quoting from patch notes released in 2013. You have built this thread based on a patch note from 2013. You might have noticed that the game has changed a lot since 2013, and it changed a lot before that too, so I would not use these as ground truth. You are also effectively ignoring everything that happened in the game and around it since 2013. If you are quoting older patch notes, please include the dates so nobody is misled.
All units are doing their job better when they are flanking an enemy. No need to cling to some design note from 2013. You're arguing semantics here and it's pretty pointless. This thread deserves closing.