Thats is it. 5 isn't much, 10 will become noticeable.
That mean that one tank with micro can use it. Multible tanks will get a problem.
Over all, tanks without turret should still have the range benefit, so SU76 and SU85 should perform better than Firefly and Jackson = stay with 60 range to outrange all german tanks (only Jagdpanzer, Elefant and Jagdtiger are same or more).
Don't forget that Brits normal PaK has same DPS as PaK40 and US-PaK also perform good with heat-ability. Also all large german Cats got nerfed over the time. There is no reason for outranging that much. Also Brummbär got range and armor nerf. PaKs are now more effective.
With the nerf of 55 Jackson outranges as new Tiger by 10 range, after Tiger with Vet2 only 5. StuG and Panther will be outranged by 5.
Lmao so the more TDs you make the less effective at their job they should be? No other unit in the game works like that. The range advantage is supposed to be an advantage, which TDs need because tanks like the tiger and KT have like double the health and enough armor to bounce even some TD shots. The disadvantage of TDs is that unlike tanks, they can’t fight infantry, so you’re investing a heavy amount of resources into something that doesn’t provide any anti infantry pressure at all (not even as much as the panther). They’re also unable to bounce anything but small arms and die in 4 normal tank gun shots (3 from the KT or ele/jagdtiger).
If you can’t deal with the usf at gun with a KT I don’t know what to tell you lol. It still has a decent chance to bounce even if the atg is using the AP rounds and the KT is pretty good at killing AT guns.
Also worth noting that the jagdpanzer 4 has the same range as the allied TDs and nobody complains about that. It even has armor and decent camouflage and is cheaper than the jackson and firefly too.