O o o I got the solution! what if you make the p4 a crappy ultra cheap tank, and then you put it in tier 4 (you know for additional faction flavour), but then nobody uses it, so you buff their mg but still nobody uses it ... no? ... nobody? at least you can give it flares or capture territory as vet abilities ...
Ok end of joke. The p4 has the magic powers of blitzkrieg, and has access to smoke (they are fine but you don't have to deal with useless stuff like cap territory or ram) and better vet bonus, meanwhile it faces the fearsome ptrs troops instead of panzerfaust blobs.
In my opinion t34-85 is fine, maybe it should be a non doctrinal unit with a really small fuel increase, probably the other medium tanks are the problem considering the situation of the sherman, the cromwell, the t34 and the p4.
Kek at this post, finally someone with sense.
also, you retards need to understand that P4 is a mini-tiger, not a mini-panther. They can deal with tanks but their main purpose is to support infantry. I lost count of how many times I just got rushed by a P4 that wiped multiple units with a single shot, It is just ridiculous.
Hell, even panthers are melting infantry nowadays, especially the squishy soviet infantry.
and lets not forget about how when P4 get armored skirts they just become impervious to Shermans and T34s