Its 30 fuel more than LT. Only 10 more with M20. thats a minute and a half at worst.
The sherman arrival wont change.
You also wont get raped by a well played Flak HT/luchs before that.(Which happens with good ass players)
Sherman spam meet pak43 and shrek blob.
But that minute matters.
One minute here, one here and you have Sherman 2min before Panther.
Goig for Cpt won't provide you huge map control in the first 8min.
With Lt and M20 you can get both fuels and both muni points.
You can even kill forward Med HQ with zook.
Just had amazing game. Faymonville, Shermans vs raketen, T4, schreck blob and Pak43.
It was really amazing. Through entire game I made 1 Jackson, 4 Howitzers and 5 Sherman (or maybe 6).
Do you want to see result?
You may also ask Quentin or Cruzz maybe best tactic agasint OKW ->Sherman rush.