The m36 has will still have edge because it has range even without 100% chance to hit and penetrate at range 60. It current penetration value make even the HVAP round a noob trap ability, a player has little reason to use it other than damage (which is situational).
It has that penetration so it can deal with heavy tanks.
The game is design around probabilities it is not AOE.
Middle ground exist, in balance there is not only OP and UP.
I mean the tanks are
already well balanced against each other. If you make the Panther better against the Jackson, then you give the Panther an edge.
If you give the Panther an edge, then USF has no stock answer to it.
You are entitle to your opinion but so are others PLS mind the language.
I apologise.
PzIV can not fight infatry if that infatry is supported by M36.
It can. The Jackson isn't going to one-shot it.
You can play a Panzer IV into a Jackson the same way you can play a Centaur into a Panzer IV. You keep AT support nearby, and when your anti-infantry vehicle takes too much heat you pull it back to safety. Repair, repeat.
If M10/Stug/SU-76 are enough to fight a mediums there is little reason why M36 should be even more effective than those.
Is it? Based on the numbers I'd say it's about the same.
USF have access to very cost efficient unit and the only reason one does not seem them is that M36 is so good vs every enemy vehicle. The performance of the M36 vs mediums not only make mediums a bad choice for axis but also for allies and it make "infatry/TD" the optimum strategy
I don't think nerfing the Jackson against medium tanks would change that. If the enemy is building medium tanks and USF has the infantry advantage, it's going to go for a tank destroyer anyway. Why build anti-infantry vehicles when you're already winning the infantry battle?
In contrast, Ostheer is usually
losing the infantry battle at that point, so it desperately wants the P4.