Good sniper usage.
Why? Andy had an Ostwind and enough resources for a StuG when he threw in the towel. Meaning he could have greeted the tank call-in with two StuGs or fought it with a PIV and a StuG had he not gone for that Ostwind... (Not even considering T2 AT capabilities that come way earlier.)
Soviet needs no Tiers to survive to call-in T34-85's with just conscripts and guards, sometimes people build T1 for snipoers or clown cars. Germans must tech to at least T3 because t2 is useless against insta 2 tanks from off-map.
Simple calculations
Soviets in best case: no tiers=0 Fuel + 240 Fuel for T34's = 240 Fuel
in worst case- 1st Tier + for example 2 clown cars = 80 Fuel +240 = 320 Fuel
(add to both 50 Fuel for molotovs and AT nades)
Germans now skipping T2 and going T3 Stug: 25+35+35+95 for stug = 190
with P4 it's 210
Now, 1 Stug is not enough to beat even 1 T34-85, it needs at least 2 and still it's not sure. 2x P4's will never beat 2x T34-85's.
2x stug cost is (with all techs) 285 Fuel.
2x P4 cost is 325.
Worth to note:
- soviets starts with insta 50 Fuel, Germans only with 10
- soviets will have more Fuel because they outcap germans with rapid conscripts from HQ
- T34-85's have biggest surprise power in the game - call-in with 2 great tanks is a game changer.
Now let's say Soviet don't have T34-85 call-in, he wanmts to get 2x T34-76
T1+T3+cons package+2x T34-76 - 40+90+50+170 = 350 Fuel.
Tons of MP must be also spend to get T34-76, something around 1k MP
Where's the logic to get T34-76 when you can get in cheapier way better versions of T34's?
Germans dont have good early call-in tanks at reasonable cost, Stug sucks, Tiger sucks vs soviet call-ins, Elefant is risky, easily rammable, P4 command tank cant do shit to T34's.
Best solution in current meta is to send T34-85 to T3 and it would require global upgrade to produce them