Chance to pen a 260 armor panther = 220/260*100 = 84%
I highly doubt you managed to miss or bounce 5 of your 8 shots, since the su85 is pretty accurate at long range, the odds are pretty low
And panthers dont constantly kill infantry, they are tank destroyers, not anti infantry tanks, and i cant remember the math exactly, but the chances of killing even 1 model are already really low.
until 3-4 panther warband comming, follow up with gren, pzgren, fussilier, Osber and yet some heavy stuff.
60 range advantage would be nothing against that kind of pushing. Until Alies team actually prepare for this which is not most of the time.
mostly Stuart helps you subtain frontline and give Rifleman a MP bleed break.
Stun shot is a big tool in tank combat, new engineshot is kinda fine beside it hard to use.
play it like T-70 but worse
Heat Shells increases all damage by 30% as well as penetration by 30%. King Tiger with Heat Shells vs Infantry is actually hilarious. If you get lucky it can literally delete entire squads.
basically, HEAT shell is HE with the copper-lined conical shaped area.
the thins is barrage fire from mortar/ISG, Howie, M8 scott... is temporary counter AT, MG, blob unlike rocket arty which deal a big chunk of burst damage. or WP barrage that actually very effectvie on counter MG, ATG or blob.
also barrage time kinda long so there are no way enemies let you throw full barrage on their position. That's forced you bought as least 2 Scott so that you can keep barrage non stop.
yeah 290 mp x 3 inf squad + clown car early game. How many squad do you have at same time, huh ?
and Again, 2 T70 and 3 + 3 penal, How the fuck you let soviet player doing that ?