Profile of Katitof

If I sum it up, penal battalions are suicide squad.

Stop saying that line, its the single biggest delusion in the whole CoH2 since closed beta.
They are 360mp, T1(or T2 if we assume conscripts being T1 since they are equal to grens, which are T1 as well) 9pop unit. They are just as much a suicide squad as Pgrens are.

320 cost would be a great first step for them.

Seriously? You just have to learn using the maxim different from MG42

(1) Use in choke
(2) Use in buildings
(3) Use TrueSight to ambush
(4) Use deep snow bullshit preventing flanking
(5) Much longer forgiving time against flank because nothing beside PG can wipe them down quick
(6) Use as aggressive weapon instead of defensive weapon, you just need to use the maxim to fire their bullets for 1 sec, suppressing the gren, then your cons can rape them, and change to another target

That joke "In Soviet Russia, MGs flank you", it can be true.

But MG42? Before T2, you need a backup MG42 protecting another MG42 from lolotov, only Gren cannot stop Cons flank. A successful lolotov land on MG42 face = Ostheer no longer own that area. COH2 MG42 is ultra micro intensive. There is no more MP40 Volks, 25 muni mines, For the Papaland saving your ass.

Not really sure what you're on about, but thank you for giving even more examples why maxim is more micro intensive then mg42, I think by now Kronosaur0s realizes how stupid it was for him to think otherwise. Can we leave MG discussion out of panther debate now?

Lol at Maxims take more micro than MG42. Repositioning the maxim is so fast, that I've seen many people using it to CAP points XD

If you need to reposition maxim more often then you need to reposition MG42 to keep the weapon effective then that is the very definition of requiring more micro.

Times have absolutely nothing to do with it.

I don't understand the point you are trying to make at all?

I said 100% of time engine damage from the ram. But not RNG dice where ram sometimes does nothing, sometimes causes complete immobility, sometimes damages main gun.

So again, you want to turn it into 280mp/85fu AT nade.
Give me a single reason why I would want to EVER use that instead of AT nades? No, 100% engine damage is not convincing, unless T34 gets out without a scratch.

With 100% of time engine damage but never main gun destroyed, nor complete immobility.

Still AT nade/mine. I'd rather use that instead of give a free tank kill for engine damage only.

It gives enough time to Soviet player to finish of crawling tank, but still gives German chance to defend and crawl back if the attack was never on.

So does mine/AT nade and yet again, it doesn't require to give free tank kill(because the rammed tank would obviously effortlessly finish off T34 if you didn't got that yet).

Or you prefer as it is right now?

I want a functional ability with reliable effect that will not cost me a whole friggin tank or a MOBILE AT source in T3 that would be either sufficient ram compliment or could work on its own, obviously not on SU-85 level.

Of course you would still use AT nade??? why would you ram your t34 if you have a chance to at nade the tank?

And we're back at step 1, WHY would I want to EVER use ram to get same effect as mine/AT nade if I can use much cheaper mine/AT nade? Again, 100% chance is not convincing at all.

Idnk about you, but I prefer my T34 in fighting condition. Rather then half dead from successful ram or dead for sure from failed ram.

Me too, but your suggestion means always 100% dead T34 for something that T0 infantry can do for ~30 munition.
So yea, I'd rather have current roulette then "hey, let me love you" ability that will ensure my T34 will be a scrap metal within 10 seconds.
Out of all the changes suggested to it, the only one that actually makes sense is long crew shock for both tanks.

so... a KV-85?

Would love to see it, but I don't hold onto that dream.