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I mean why should a full auto weapon not do high damage at close range. What does this have to do with a chart?

Because of balance.

Effective against medium tanks,
test, one P4 vs one sherman,
P4 die, sherman half health

sherman with decent speed and acceleration, more important, it kills infantry like a boss, any infantry squad can no longer stand for 2 more rounds.

So you mean its similar to the past if you replace PzIV with T-34/76 and Sherman with the PZ IV?

The same people that think ramming is okay are the same ones complaining about vet 1 blitzkrieg. If Blitz is going to get nerfed then I suggest similar nerfs to the ram ability, and make its effectiveness dependent on how the target was rammed.

To be honest, regardless of what people think about Blitzkrieg, I would say that the majority of players would want ram removed and the T-34 and generally Soviet armour re balanced so they don't need ram. For the record I want Ram removed but also believe that Blitzkrieg needs changing.

Frontal rams should have a brief shock effect and have a 15% chance of disabling the main gun.

Side rams should have a brief shock effect, a 25% chance of disabling the main gun and 50% chance of crippling the engine.

Rear rams should have an extended shock effect, along with a 50% chance of disabling the main gun and 70% chance of damaging the engine.

Those suggestions just make the game even more RNG based not to mention essentially throwing 280mp and 85 fuel away to maybe disable or stun the German vehicle. Ramming on the side isn't as clear cut either, since side armour does not exist, only front and rear. If side armour was added to the game, I think it would help soviets because getting frontal armour rolls against your shells mostly results in a bounce on Tigers, Panthers and Elephants. I would rather its removed and either with an ability to help flanking or just balance the tank so it does better vs late game armour.

The end result? No more insta-win ram ability and the soviet players are rewarded for flanking their targets.

Ram is far from an instant win ability. It doesn't reliably disable vehicles unless from behind which isn't always possible due to mobility and pathing issues. Even if you ram and disable a vehicle, you need support to actually capitalize on that. If the German armour has support it makes it much harder to kill it. You also have to consider there are ways to avoid ram such as smoke, mines, panzerfaust and Blitzkrieg which can actually be used to negate rams since some tanks can reverse faster than the T-34 can boost forward, without having any kind of disadvantage aside from munition cost.

Mg42 and pak have superior vet abilities as well

Actually the t34/85 and t34/76 were 2 different tanks the 85 had a larger turret ring to fit the bigger turret.

I know that, but you cannot compare it to converting a Tiger into a panther because they are completely different or a stug into an elephant.

Stug is based on a Panzer III, Elephant based on a Tiger prototype.

Within the limits of the game upgrading a T-34/76 into an 85 isn't that far fetched. Upgrading a Stug into an Elephant makes 0 sense. It would be closer to upgrade a Tiger (all be it the wrong version) into an Elephant.