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It only lost its vet2 armour buff.

And had it's pop increased and combat blitz was nerfed and moving scatter was increased and moving accuracy was decreased and vet 4 range bonus was removed and sight bonus is now restricted to being stationary. Yeah it only lost vet 2 armour.

For what? Unit stats?

For the measure of allied bias

That plus PaK43 LITERALLY uses 88.

The Flak 88, pak43 88 and the tiger 88 are all different guns. It's just the barrel diamiter that is the same.

"Panzer IV
The Panzer IV for the OKW is being modified to have more powerful anti-infantry capabilities with a cost reduction to match its performance.

Cost from 360/150 to 380/140
Population from 12 to 14
Scatter from 7.5/6.4 to 6.5/5.54
Penetration from 120/110/100 to 125/115/110
Veterancy 2 scatter bonus from 0.75 to 0.866
Veterancy 4 range bonus removed
Veterancy 5 sight bonus requires the tank to remain stationary

Panzer V Panther
The Panther has received adjustments to make it more accessible in 1v1 but less attractive to field groups of Panthers in team games due to increased fire on the move penalties and increased population.

Fuel cost from 200 to 185
Moving scatter from 1.7 to 2
Moving accuracy from 0.65 to 0.5
Population from 16 to 18
Veterancy 4 range bonus removed
Veterancy 5 sight bonus requires the tank to remain stationary
Veterancy 2 armor bonus removed.

King Tiger
To prevent the unit from wiping full health squads at range and while on the move, the following changes have been made:

Angle scatter from 4 to 7.5
Distance scatter max from 4 to 5.7
Scatter offset from 0.25 to 0.185
Population from 21 to 23
Veterancy 4 sight bonus removed"

These seem like largely nerfs for okw armour.

This guy understands it ^ +1. There are many issues with the game currently, and this is just one of the few. Essentially Axis armor was too difficult for some people to deal with in the lategame, or poor decisions were made and they couldn't deal with it. So they nerfed heavy armor to oblivion and now axis crutch on mediums. Panthers, Tigers and elephants are all essentially unuseable against competant opponets if ceteris paribus

This is pretty much my feeling since the patch. I don't understand why the panther took so much nerf, it's underperformance was already an issue.