the strength of the t34 is in its numbers, unlike any other medium tank. it is by far the easiest medium to amass. if you skip building any t3 units, and go straight to t4, you can get your t34s around the same time as enemy mediums, except for the fact youll be able to amass more armor than they can. youll always want to 2v1 enemy tanks, and if you trade a t34 for a panzer4, then its worth it. a okw panzer4 costs almost twice as much fuel as a t34 does. youll be able to continue amassing t34s, and your infantry wont have to worry about enemy armor. panthers usually you need to 3v1 them. if you get rear armor hits, itll go down very quickly.
but lemon, t34 cant penetrate for shit.
yes, this is true. its penetration is quite awful, thats why you need to ALL IN with your tanks. this is the scary part of using t34s. if your opponent mined the approach or has like 3 paks just chillin fog of war, things can go very poorly. however, if you have 3 tanks you can often just rush in to enemy armor to get point blank and rear armor hits. it does require some micro, so the faint of skill really shouldnt try this.
but what about shreks? well the thing is even 3 shreks will only bring a t34 down to half or so hp. and you have multiple t34s. NEVER EVER send in a t34 alone because its just food. if you have multiple, you can all in, decisively trade 1 or 2 t34s for an enemy tank, maybe crush some infantry along the way, and back out.
the best doctrines for this imo is the ones with guards, mark target, or IL2 bombing run. i believe there is one that has all 3. guards to help sustain your mid game infantry power and overwhelm axis infantry, mark target to help you quickly kill heavier armor, and bombing run to clear out pak walls or enemy trucks/fortifications as you charge forward.
as i said before, the scariest part and the one people dont understand is that you have to dive with the t34s. you cant just poke around like you do with panzer4s. you go all in, kill their armor, and run back out. trading is necessary and it WILL happen. however it is much more important to stop axis from acquiring a critical mass of armor, so the trades will be worth it.
I have to disagree with that
the T34-76 is never cost effective at all neither to mass them nor to trade them for a single P4,its always better building an SU-85 and counter pretty much every tank except heavys,the T-34-76 costs too much mp which results in mp bleed and also comes very late,its never a good investment to buy something thats outdated the moment it arrives (unlike before)
its low stats never make it effective at normal tank engagements which results to even more poor performance when it shouldnt(like poor accuracy trying to hit the rear amor)
Whats worse is its ability to ram is also really bad,you sacrifice your t-34 just to stun the enemys vehicles/tanks!!(it could ba a great tool for late game nope...)
also cause it lacks firepower or any good trait to make it unique(being cheap isnt one of them)makes the tank lackluster
i mean why would you build 3 of them when they do nothing(can hardly fight infantry)or(tanks) they are like tank destroyers then only more unreliable at what they do and not cost effective.
some small buffs are neaded,its arrival would be best since it was hit hard when it was placed on T4 which now requires T3 to be build.
Everything the T-34-76 does the entire T3 roster does it even better,cheaper and comes faster(unlike our T-34 friend)
AND if by any chance you need medium tanks then most people would go for the 85 version since its an upgunned 76 one on every stat
the 76 needs a unique trait that makes it viable and unique or small buffs to make it atleast somewhat good at something.
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