@Blovski: The Su-76 offers some decent anti-infantry with its barrage ability; not enough to handle infantry on its own but supplements snipers quite well. Snipers are also quite a nuisance without the AC or strafing run. Even if you are able to use a halftrack to reinforce your troops it is still a considerable manpower drain (and prohibits the use of panzergrenadiers with shrecks). Moreover, I believe strafe (correct me if I'm wrong) does not affect units in holds, so building a SC later can help you preserve your snipers once German ACs are dead.
But yes, I do agree with you that T3 currently is a viable alternative to T4 because T1 is much weaker since last patch.
@Hissy: You're assuming the German player has a completely unsupported P4 with no panzerschrek or AT gun nearby. It takes quite a long time for a T70 to kill a P4. The ram ability is also considerably less effective post patch: if there's any obstacle in your path (including a crater from explosions) and the P4 reverse moves, the T34 will more likely than not overheat and become a sitting duck and free XP for the P4. The P4 also can hug the T34 as well.
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