Why has the USF regular sherman become so bad...
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I mean it lose vs both Pz4 variant and it is countered by Stug and jpz4. We could point out that it is a good AI tank but both Pz4 are as well very good vs infantry without the need to switch amo.
If I think about the switch amo mechanism it supposes to me that or you better better AI or you get better AT than the counter part that doesn't need to switch ammunition. But in the game it is resumed by a slightly better AI than Pz4s to a point where it doesn't make any real difference or still horrible AT performance.
AI performance isn't the problem here, but the AT. There is no need for better IA but more penetration.
Even if the Atgun is now more accessible, I feel that the sherman is simply useless in the majority of situations USF can face. In fact in my opinion the only moment it is good enough to invest on a sherman is if you have the upper hand already. If there is already a Pz4 on the field, it is pointless to build a sherman because you'll still be at disadvantage with a weaker tank and maybe not even AT support if you went T1, unlike other factions and evidently unlike your opponent.
So yes of course sometime you build it, even being late, as a stop gap because you don't have anything better at that time.
I see the sherman as a relic from the old USF design Strong Early game and Weaker late game but those times have ended.
The last commander revamp showed us that, people are eager to get a better sherman, something that isn't a Jackson but that can be there on the field and actually doing damage to other tanks while retaining a good AI. And I have the feeling the 76mm is what should have become the sherman. And I don't really like that because I don't really like the doctrine the 76mm is in.
What's your opinion?
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It's cheaper than both p4s.
It's the best AI medium tank. You don't buy it to fight armor.
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It's fine.
It's cheaper than both p4s.
It's the best AI medium tank. You don't buy it to fight armor.
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If you really want a tank to bitch about go look at the comet or cromwell. The sherman does a lot of things pretty well, especially compared to those two.
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It's fine.
It's cheaper than both p4s.
It's the best AI medium tank. You don't buy it to fight armor.
it has more pen than p4 and sightly worse reload speed but + 0.75 accuracy on the move
i say use it to flank armor or ost medium tanks
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Bun Sherman is fine, it should be on the sidelines trying to get wipes, you rarely want more than one unless you are winning really hard.well 2 Sherman and 1 Jackson are fucking scary u can't rotate front armor to both Sherman and there the radio vet
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well 2 Sherman and 1 Jackson are fucking scary u can't rotate front armor to both Sherman and there the radio vet
As 1180 manpower and 360 fuel should be. Any combination of that many tanks is scary lol.
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Personally it has much less risk to just bite the bullet and either get the 76/E8 or just opt for jackson or scott (if you have AT guns).
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If I think about the switch amo mechanism it supposes to me that or you better better AI or you get better AT than the counter part that doesn't need to switch ammunition.
Which is EXACTLY how it works...
The 140/120/100 pen of sherman AP is overall better than the 125/115/110 pen of the p4 round. (In fact, sherman AP is comparable to the p4 round in anti infantry anyway.)
The sherman HE shell is better anti infantry than the p4 round.
As an aside, the sherman is 10 fuel cheaper. Is having a cheaper vehicle with better raw (though maybe not relative) anti tank and better anti infantry capabilities not enough?
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Why has the USF regular sherman become so bad...
IDK, ask the Ostwind maybe?
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low armor and poor penetration
but thats ok
he jsut 110 fuel unit
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low armor and poor penetration
but thats ok
he jsut 110 fuel unit
Sherman does not have "poor" penetration it is inline with the other medium tanks.
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no I mean Sherman are always better in pair not just 1 and then Jackson like he was saying
As 1180 manpower and 360 fuel should be. Any combination of that many tanks is scary lol.
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Sherman does not have "poor" penetration it is inline with the other medium tanks.
You forgot to not ignore the fact that axis tanks armor is definitely not in line with all the 160 armor mediums again.
Not saying sherman isn't fine, it is, but stop acting like penetration can be compared without taking into account armor of opponent.
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