so im curious why do so many axis heavy players complain about the fact the IS-2 beats a Tiger I in a 1v1?
Do you guys understand the IS-2 was better than the tiger in every way except reload speed due to having to load a propellant charge and a shell, and raw penetration which was largely a moot point anway? If anything a IS-2 should beat a Tiger II....
No it doesnt. The is2 was a heavy infantry support tank. you say reload as it was a minor issue but the fact was that the tiger could shoot out 4-5 times more shells then the is2. the is2 was
fairly inaccurate. That said the is2 could knock-out a tiger.
So my money would be firmly on the tiger. Now the soviets at the time really had some good TD's especially the su100. but the is2 was not one of them.
Now gameplay reasons is that the panther has simply shit dps and cannot penetrate the is2 reliability. Neither can the jacksons the tiger/tiger 2 but you can have 2 jacksons for each panther and overall the tiger is going to face 4 times more AT dps then the is2. the okw can compensate with shrek volks the ost cannot. That said the is2 has to much armour.