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Well, apparently the m5 can reinforce fine with its entire cargo space filled with a quadmount machine gun, fat chance of realistically reinforcing from it. Why wouldnt a 251 flak truck that is its mirror not share this trait?

Wait till you see the damage this guy does to infantry before you judge it's utility.

A short-ish game featuring bog standard strategies from both sides- StuG E + Tiger vs T2 + double IS2. A combination of screw-ups, mines, and input lag early on left me down many squads and the Soviets up an MG42, which meant an uphill battle from the get-go. WP to my opponent too.

Manspam Doctrine
Osttruppen
Relief Infantry
Fuel-Muni conversion
Tactical Movement
Howitzer

To recreate WW1's human wave attacks, with a never-ending horde of osttruppen.

I thought I'd do a couple more.
Firstly, the vet 2 P4. German tanks tend to get a pretty large boost to effectiveness, and the P4 is a prime example. At vet 2 it gets the same armor as a KV1. I've factored in fire aim time and shot/burst duration, as Tensai Oni pointed out to me that I missed them the first time round. Credits go to him and his website for the figures.

Vet 2 Panzer IV vs T-34/85, max range
P4 62.5% CTP, DPS 19.04, TTK 42.01 seconds
T-34/85 50% CTP, DPS 12.5, TTK 51.2 seconds
Panzer IV wins

Vet 2 Panzer IV vs T-34/85, close range
P4 75% CTP, DPS 20.87, TTK 38.33 seconds
T-34/85 66.7% CTP, DPS 16.67, TTK 38.39 seconds
Tie

Vet 2 swings this battle around to the Panzer IV's favor at long range by a large margin, but at close range it evens up and victory goes to the side with the blessings of the RNG god.

Vet 2 Panzer IV vs Sherman, max range
P4 62.5% CTP, DPS 19.04, TTK 33.61 seconds
Sherman 50% CTP, DPS 17.39, TTK 36.80 seconds
Panzer IV wins

Vet 2 Panzer IV vs Sherman, close range
P4 75% CTP, DPS 20.87, TTK 30.66 seconds
Sherman 58.3% CTP, DPS 20.27, TTK 31.57 seconds
Panzer IV wins... but only just

Seems like the Sherman loses in both cases, but the margin is much thinner. An unexpected miss/bounce would swing it around easily.

You could spend the floated munis on the fuel ability, though it isn't very efficient.

The doctrine seems to complement T4 better honestly, since the Sherman is a T-34 analogue, and the M5 you call in means you don't need T3 for reinforcement on the field.