Funny how "realism" is always about allied vehicles being made out of paper, or german vehicles being pure wunderwaffe
Its never about Elefants setting themselves on fire every 20 meters or Panther breaking their final drives all the time.
That's not realism either. Realism is Panthers taking forever to aim because there's no unison sight and the commander can't direct the gunner to the target and has to tell him where to look, or the Panter gunner not having low magnification scope.
Realism is Elephant not having defense against infantry and getting immediately disabled when infantry get close to it and blow its tracks and force the crew out.
Realism is german tanks getting stuck in the mud because they have poor ground pressure.
Honestly if you want realism just play Steel Division, it's a perfect mix of fun and realism.