Stop being so defensive. i like the fact that the the allied medium armour callins are better then the axis medium armour. but that aside ostheer tier 3 is a mess because it has no TD what so ever.
Defensive?
What?
125fu generalist tank vs 145fu generalist tank. What does common sense tell you here if you still have any left?
And ost T3 fares average against USF, because of their design to be able to fight heavier armor, can't do much here without making jackson copy of wolverine with SU-85 RoF and better penetration which would still put Ost T3 behind.
Against SU T3, you have the same relation of power-its simply weak and unappealing, can help only if you get advantage early game and rush for it and as long as SU T3 will be weakest one in game, SU players will go for doctrinal call-ins simply because they can be relied upon.
Nothing really to do with T3 lacking TD, it still wouldn't beat jackson, it still wouldn't fight SU-85. I don't think I even need to explain why because of how soviet tiering is designed and giving both, good generalist tank and good TD for ost T3 would be overpowered as hell in relation to soviets who need to choose and USF who lack heavies, 70 range TD and proper AT gun that would reliably pen.