Hetzer does not suck; it actually is excellent.

Jump back to quoted post12 Feb 2022, 17:26 PMKlement Pikhtura

dude, if you can't use p4j, then learn how to play. if you never use it, you'll never understand why people still build it even vs 2 atgs. Just pay attention, never skip the recon with sweeping and cover tanks with the infantry and atgs. My guy, your armor will be gucci after this. Also P4 is harder to kill then a Hetzer and it can deal with medium armor. Just think for a second about this

Jump back to quoted post12 Feb 2022, 20:41 PMKurobane

Flame Hetzer is rather useless in my opinion. It is not a bad unit and performs well the issue is that it is not something that you really need with OKW.

Take Soviets for example, if you go for T2 opening or Conscript opening the T-70 fills a nice gap in the anti-infantry department. OKW already does very well with anti-infantry so getting even more anti-infantry through the Hetzer is pointless as it has no utility.

If it had an upgrade to convert it into an anti-tank vehicle or had some form of command aura with it then it would be worthwhile but at the moment the fuel is better spent on other things.

Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2022, 00:24 AMKatukov

the hetzer is alright because it torches infantry alive, but then you realize that both your standard medium tank (p4) and your nondoc heavy tank are infamously known for obliterating entire infantry squads with 1 shell randomly

making the hetzer pointless in most people's eyes