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i have noted that the OST 251 halftrack is more susceptable to small arms than its peers like the m5 and m3. Is this a balancing factor due to it can upgrade to the 251 ''flamer'' ?

Protos Angelus.
was thinking more in the direction of survivability of light tanks vs no-brainer TD-walls, (standard medium tanks and Anti-Tank-Gun excluded)

impractical and full of bugs, maybe. but hear me out.

as for some factions its too easy and too cheap to go build a TD-wall, that makes dives/attacks very costly/impossible. and was thinking if there was something to break the meta a bit.

situation: (with overpenetration idea in mind) you as a SOV are assaulting a OKW frontline.
OKW has: 1 jagd4, 1 pz4.

you as sov have: 1 T-70,
if you send T-70 to attack jagd4, jagd4 needs 4 shots now to kill the T-70 due to overpenetration concept. But has the pz4 as backup to fend off lighter/faster tanks, and needs only the standard 3 shots, as it is not affected by the concept.

you use the T-70 as a cheap sacrifice for a large force of whatever you want.
and was thinking of the rock/paper/scissors concept here too, balance be screwed for the moment, but if light/medium/TD armour were balanced around these factors:

light: average vs other lights/infantry,overpenetration mechanic that makes it an Anti TD weapon, weak to ATG's, mediums, shrecks/zooks etc.

medium: average....

Tank Destroyer: good VS medium and heavy armour, weak vs light tanks due to overpenetration mechanic etc.

loopDloop.
you might be right.
just wanted to make the matches a bit more interesting instead of some factions/doctrines just going for only 5-6 different units entire game and simple tactics.
was hoping suggestion might breathe new life into little/unused units, but it might be way more hassle to balance than its worth

everything up till jackson/su-85/panther/jagd4/firefly/comet/churchill +doc heavies will go like normal wouldn't it?

m4's,pz4's/t-34's/cromwells etc come out as normal, you could wait to get enough fuel for your su-85, but it would be more advisable to get out a t34s/su-76's.
example if you play sov vs OST: you got your cons/penals/mg's/zis-3's, do you get a t34 for 90 fuel, or wait for su-85 150-160 fuel?
same for OST, do you get pz4 for 120 fuel, or wait for panther 210-220 fuel?
making a TD wall would now have a huge tradeoff in price, and encourage more active playstyle, and use more mediums for pushes, and not going for the no-brainer td-wall of the meta

add some doc meds to tech tree for more variation

buff's/nerf's gotta be handed out here and there of course

increase fuel cost for tanks a certain percentage?
how would things be if all the later tanks (tier 4ish TD's,panthers+doc heavies etc) tanks cost ~20-30% more fuel than they do now?
it would work out poorly in some circumstances, but this could give the medium tanks a new life, and the games going through several phases before getting to late-game.