If you manage to get near enough for the stunshot, you can do an engine-shot instead. Part of the reason stunshot had to go was that it was a no-brainer. The other part was that it was just a better engine shot.
Engine damage is/was bugged. Engine damage doesn't disable the main gun and leave the target helpless.
It is sad that you only see the stunshot on early game when it is clearly OP and decide its fate from this biased PoW. It is a formidable late game tool vs panthers/tigers which as nothing to do with a no-brainer ability, you need a lot of micro to use it properly with your other AT sources.
Stuart used to take down a tank alone with one AT gun or more when it had ability to stunt an armor. i think it wrong to have somkind of this ability in this game i myself didn't even play axis much but there what i think ,so you think it good ? and remember i feel fine becuase stug ability got nerf too
Who's flanking a panther with a stuart alone? Stuart + m10 or m36, the stuart + stun shot gives you 2 extra shots from a m36 without being shot yourself.
Sneaking behind a lone panther is easy, doing the same when paks or raketen are there, when faust and shreck are nearby is another story.