You are coming across that way. When you say how devastating something is and when informed it's been "nerfed" sure comes across as you implying its op. Basically your post comes across as a l2p remark. I can also post a lot of read between the lines comments and when called out on it and deny it as well.
My point is obvious I would think. The panther as a unit may be fine. But patch after patch the things that countered it were weakened which is why it's probably the most spammed unit in team games. It's literally an A move win unit that isn't punished by anything other than mines. Every other soviet thing you brought up as a problem or an issue exists on the German side in a more effective form barring the su85. But even that could be argued to be an inferior version of the panther.
I am hoping next patch T34s will perform as we'll against panthers as grens do against shocks. But of course I doubt relic will make tank battles skill based as they did with infantry.
I say it's devastating because it is. No inbetween the lines. You may interpret my text as you like, but just take it as such. This is not a conspiracy, friend, I am not hiding a secret message in my opinion. The soviet things I have brought up are not problems, they are tools to achieve victory, just lots of people seem to not use them. I also play soviets, you know. You do not seem to understand how many squadwipes can be achieved with the precision strike. Even if it doesn't, it kills at least 2 members of the crew. A following Katyusha barrage will clean up the rest.
As for the Panther, I can follow what you are saying. In 1vs1 and 2vs2, I think it's rather balanced. Upwards, pretty much anything can be spammed.