What is actually a "damage sponge"?
A tank that can do nothing but take beating from enemy AT?
What prevents enemy from manually targeting your other vehicles?
A tank that can take more then your average med tank and fight accordingly to its cost.
KV-1 isn't one for sure with current hp values and its shitty gun, I don't see the gun being improved, which leaves hp/armor values. Biggest problem of the tank is, it doesn't belong to the "war era" the multiplayer is on.
Thing is, for some reason relic is extremely stubborn on giving soviets POS outdated units and expecting them to perform well vs 1944-45 rooster of axis armies.
Irregulars were so bad they had to be removed from the game.
Partisans are barely useable.
M-42 anyone? Does someone remember how does it look?
T34/76 vs 34/85
KV-2 up until previw(likely after it as well, haven't checked it yet).