What's the point of turret if 221 can not out run M3? Stug will lose to T34 because T34 could out run Stug.
a stug is very vulnerable to being circlestrafed by T-34s even when retreating... mind you the M3 has trouble chasing targets as chasing means only the crew inside is firing unless the M3 is directly pointing at the target... which may not always be the case
221 is not 223, it can not secure resource or detect vehicles, it can only dispatch medic. And the problem here is OKW's starting unit could dispatch medic, too.
its recon... look at its view range... it also gets smoke by vet 1 and its turret is great for chasing down lone and retreating squads squads... its also the direct counter to the soviet sniper coming at a time when sov simply has no AT counters available...
also thats another point... sov has no AT counters at this point while OKW can get the rakaten... the closest equivalent to the sov situation would be to remove the rakaten from T0 and expect OKW to even hold a point against the M3...
later in the game that overall fuel cost is useful anyways because the car becomes an OKW cache with armor....
If you want to count other potential factors. What could be more deadly to retreating squad? A M3 with a squad of flame thrower CE or a 221? And a M3 with a squad of PTRS penal or Guard could be deadly to Ost's Halftrack, too.
if the terrain results in a retreating squad moving through shifting terrain then its actually the 221... the flamethrower is not the best vs retreating units and the DPM of the M3 is entirely dependent on terrain...
A question here: If you are a SOV player and relic plan to increase M3's price by 15 fuel and remove its ability to transport infantry in exchange of the ability of dispatching medic, will you be OK with that?
you mean 5 fuel... make the M3 20 fuel... remove the garrison but give it a turret... a smoke at vet 1 access to vet 5 for all of my units.. while removing caches then give the m3 an optional upgrade to cache with more armor and youve got yourself a deal...
also the M3 is 15 fuel i repeat 15 fuel... not 5... 15... 15 15 15 15...