By all means, keep telling me HE was buffed and how "any [REDACTED] can c...

Draschel:  VK7201 isn't like the panzer VII. The shoulders are far stronger. The UFP is also stronger then E100s. While the gun mantle problem, well is a big problem - E100 entire turret except the gun mantle is a problem when facing anything over 315 HEAT, which there is plenty of. The cheeks of VK turret don't have this issue. The top mounted E100 viewer bar, is also larger and more tempting than VK fairly well hidden rear cupola. E100 suspension, is mounted on protruding side hull that always gets shot to s--- leaving people perm-tracked cresting a hill, only 30mm armor. VK don't have the issue, as the tracks are mounted on their own without any hull. And arty always hits VK 80mm extremely sloped UFP part, whereas E100 eats the arty into the 40mm hull roof.  None of that stuff matters though, its all about 350mm HEAT. 350 makes a big difference vs 334 against 279E