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The only strategy against Panthers I figured out that works is either Guards + ISU-152 or KV-1s + SU-85s.

Ironically this can only be done with pay2win

The Guards + ISU-152 commander can be unlocked for free with a key provided for free by Alienware (just use a trash mail account to sign up or something).

I think they simply wanted the Stug to have a larger target size than light vehicles. I hope there'll be other changes to the Stug in a future patch. I would hate to see it vanish back into obscurity.

What does this mean in real terms?

this means that AT guns are more likely to hit. Combined with the size changes of vehicles this means AT guns will hit a lot more often.

chance to hit = vehicle size * gun accuracy

So to hit a Stug (size = 20) from far range (60 m, accuracy far = 0.03) the chance is now 60% whereas before it was 35% (not accounting for scatter).

I think not all the commanders are designed to be equally useful in all game modes. For example you don't necessarily need certain units or abilities in team games and can pick a more lategame focused commander. Others really seem to be there just for flavor.

A rework of some commanders would still be nice but I don't see that happening to be honest.

Oh boy, this is all mixed up and I think the way Nullist explains it doesn't really help (although correct) in this case but could rather complicates things more... I hope this will make it a bit clearer so where do we start?

"more armor -> even less hits"
Attacks against grenadiers have a 66% chance to penetrate. This means that a Grenadier can take on average 50% more damage than a Penal soldier. However, the Penal squad does have 6 instead of 4 men. It really is easiest not to break your head about its influence on accuracy. Just calculate it into effective health.
This means that both squads have an effective health of 480 hitpoints (= 4*80*1.5 = 6*80).

"DPS and lower accuracy"
Normally, when calculating DPS, the accuracy is already calculated into the DPS number. Take the DPS spreadsheet for example.
This shows DPS of:
Penal SVT: 5.779 near; 1.492 far
Grenadier G43: 8.203 near; 3.477 far
Grenadier Kar 98K: 3.775 near; 1.029 far

Notice how the far DPS is much lower than the near DPS. This is because the accuracy decreases with increasing distance from the target. The accuracy is already calculated into DPS.

I think this is where Con's train of thought is going completely wrong. DPS means Damage Per Second. This means stuff like accuracy, firing speed etc. are already accounted for.

Remember that these values are averages and simplified. Randomness can work both ways, which heavily influences the subjective impact of both.
Other factors like dying squad members and handing over of G43s also play into this but are hard to account for (just as the spread of fire across a squad).