Profile of thedarkarmadillo

Viable? I guess so.

Similarly effective, reliable and anywhere close to being as prominent as Mech HQ? Hell no.

That's a faction thing not a tech thing. Mech let's okw put up an aggressive offensive, while med truck is defensive. Med let's you get your Mg, snare and stgs faster if you chose but will also help stem bleed. They fill different playstyle and mech best suits okw design.

Take sand bags of vanilla volks and add them to med truck. Double down on playstyle diversion. Could even play with double shrek sturms unlocked via med (exclusive with sweepers) to further reinforce it as an infantry focused building for when you can't nab the fuel

I don't agree. When the engine is crippled (very easy with KT due to its slow speed, acceleration, etc) it is really difficult to back up for repairs. Allies have many more options. Think about manpower economy. This is what makes KT bad, not its stats.

I don't mean to alarm you here... But that's exactly the purpose of busting a tanks engine. They call it a snare because it traps the tank. It's working as intended.

As for allies having more options?.
Stock:
Sov-combat engis
Ost- pios
UKF-sappers
USF-crew, RE
OKW, sturms, mech

Doctrinal:
Sov-con repair, self repair, repair stations (there are a few commanders that even have a combo of 2 of these)
OST-repair bunker
UKF - self repair smoke, advanced cancer repair drones
Okw- critical repair

So the conclusion is that the faction with the most, soviet, picking the right doctrine is tied with okw when they also pick the right doctrine.

Stock okw is tied only with usf, who obviously take the cake due to crews.

OKW doesn't have less options, you are just over extending and refusing to use the options you have.

The manpower economy can literally be subverted via mech truck. No pop cap upkeep nor model bleed. It sounds like you found your solution.

I'm not going to engage this any further and breathe and validity into the notion that of any tank, the heaviest and stock tank should be able to heal itself because repair drones and the best repair squad in the game isn't cutting it.

A king tiger with self repair because the fastest repairing pios around and a building that also repairs isn't good enough... OK let's go back to making it so it's only viable with a specific unit in a specific doctrine. That direction has more value

Yeah I agree with this. Also if you can get anything larger than a 222 to hit one of your mines chances are your m20 will more than pay for itself if you can secure that kill.

Even killing a 222 with one is a big swing, especially if your m20 is still alive

the reintroduction of the 221 via okw shows it could work too. id like to see the 221 come back, but would the 222 upgrade be fuel, manpower or munitions?

I'm not sure reducing the mine price is something you want to see in 3vs3/+ because it is basicaly a non-doc Riegel mine, and everyone who has experienced it can tell you that immobilizing a vehicule is much stronger than engine damage and will not prevent but punish every flanking move.

If the discount is locked behind vet I think it's fair game. M20 isn't a very meta pick especially in team games, bringing a bonus to not only building it but managing to keep one around might bring it out of the shadows a bit.