Hitting the rear is achieved by taking advantage of camo.
And how did that worked for Puppchen for the last 4 years? Do you have any great replays where you managed to pull that off with much more mobile puppchen in the past that was easier to hide?
That is nothing more then a shallow theorycraft that couldn't be further from what you can do in actual game.
Damage is buffed from FHQ.
You 100% positive about that?
Because dmg bonuses were exchanged to much lower accuracy bonuses in DBP.
Didn't that change went live?
Also, urban defense is not the only doc with the gun in it, so that argument doesn't really work anyway.
And once more the unit's roles is not counter mediums tanks but light vehicles up to puma/Luch. Any buff the unit receives or vet abilities/bonuses should increase the chance to truck, hit and not be circle strafed from these unit. It should work like a 6 ponder without the penetration and serve as counter to heavy light vehicles/tank strategies from the opponent.
Would you look at that!
That's the EXACT same thing PTRS does!
And it got buffed, because it was irrelevant against non lights.
It should not be a substitute for the Zis.
It'll never be, because it can't tackle heavy armor and lacks burst damage to threaten anything with more then 320 health. It does 80 damage, not 160, unless you'll get like 5 of them, they will never come even close to a pair of ZiS guns.
However again, 2 should be enough to go against ost P4.