Profile of Cardboard Tank

Am I the only one having a huge problem dealing with Churchill Crocs in teamgames? Any AT gun will be melted within seconds. Even multiple AT guns (even with target weak point) will be easily defeated since the health pool of the Croc is huge.

Okay... I guess you are supposed to counter the Croc with tanks but even a Panzer IV has trouble dealing with it. Panthers on the other hand aren´t designed to counter high health pool vehicles either due to the Panthers slow rate of fire.

This leaves the Stug and Jagdpanzer IV to deal with it. Yet those are relatively easy to counter with Allied TDs/AT guns. I feel that - especially in team games - the Croc is overperforming. A combination of croc + two six pounders is nigh impossible to counter. Teammates screeing the Croc with TDs tends to become incredibly dull and common in the games I play. Either the health needs to go down (for more armor) or the flamethrower needs to do less damage.

TL;DR: I feel like the combination of a damage sponge + infantry annihilator + the ability to fight medium tanks is simply too much on that platform.

Why would I go for anvil if multiple doctrines offer me a better Churchill (Croc or even Avre)? The only reason I can think of going anvil is the improved repair engineer update which however is hardly worth doing without any Comet.

And his parents' generation were too old, being in their 30s and 40s.

How is that too old? Isn´t fighting age 18-45 years? I know my grandfathers father was drafted at age 40 something though for 2nd line duties. Still was involved in combat.

Don't change them. Price them to their current performance.

Then the Panther could be bad at what it does every 6min 30secs instead of being shit every 7 minutes. Hardly an improvement.

Since the previous Panther thread was locked as it went off topic, I start a new one with the question what you want the Panther to be in the upcoming patch. Maybe the patch-makers can reveal their plans - if they have any.

As others have said before at least the Ost Panther is lacking. I would propose that it could get more damage with this slow rate of fire. Currently it can´t hunt tanks.