To kill a panther you need nearly as many shots (assumimg they all pen, but with 320 armour and in live up to 352 armour and an extra hits worth of health) as it would take to kill all of the katys. The panther was nerfed because it was a tank that was more durable than a pershing, but not limited in any way other than cost. Do i agree with the nerf? No but i understand it because 6 panthers is a durable, long ranged, high pen, muli mg death squad. If the enemy GETS there you deserve to lose and you WILL becauae there isnt a counter to it. No off map, no number of tanks will save you.
Meanwhile those katys would have to run from a literal kuble. They could be killed by any single- ANY single off map (well maybe not stuka flame bombs, but any other one) can kill a katy. But just TRYING to follow how you can compare the second most durable unit that is non doc to one of the squishiest certainly helps me understand how the enemy managed to pull this over on you.
you dont understand how weapons works.
the higher the explosive power and range, the more inaccurate a weapon can be. That's why atomic bombs don't have to be fired like snipers.
it doesn't matter how much HP a Katjuscha has... because it will never stand at the front. and if you're not careful, you deserve to lose them.
but a panther has to endure a lot, because he is only good in standing and then mostly only against armor.
but already 1-2 paks force a panther to retreat....
problem is if you have more panther than the opponent AT....