Carking the 6th wrote:
Youβve called the WRATH of the TANKSβ¦Thread:Medium Tanks are Good, actually
Within context, yes medium tanks can be magnificent units.
But if you're an Allies player already using their excellent tank destroyers
paired with mechanized infantry, your medium tank research is delayed
and you arguably have the weakest medium tank in the game (depends on
day and terrain vs Pan-Asian medium tanks). So what do your medium
tanks really add in this stack?
When you compare Allies tank destroyers to their medium tanks, tank destroyers are faster, cheaper, have research available MUCH sooner, deal more attack damage vs heavy armour, deal more defence damage vs
heavy armour, and deals more defence damage vs light armour.
We will not account for unarmoured units since mechanized infantry's sole
purpose is to deal with them... which means the only advantage Allies
medium tanks have over Allies tank destroyers is a higher attack value
vs light armour... which is then erased by the much delayed research.
Not to mention the tank destroyers will mop the floor with those medium tanks.
For the Axis, medium tanks might be a more clear choice! And the Comintern both TDs and MTs are very viable options. But for the Allies the tank destroyer is the clear winner.