CS-53 tier 8 and CS-63 tier 10

Draschel: CS-53 has a shadow hanging over it. Quite unexplainable. Most streamers publicly shame it as extremely unreliable, a whiff. While on paper, its an entirely different picture. The tank is SUPPOSED to be somewhat effective. High pen, decent gun dep, more or less acceptable gun handling, good mobility, good camo. The armor isn't good, but neither is the armor bad like CDC or STA2. But for some reason, most people hate the tank. Probably because of how good premium  LIS  is CS59 is generally thought of as an improvement. Keep in mind these tanks have enough armor generally to block HE, or stop -2 MM med and LT  AP shells, but has dramatically less armor than peer tanks like T54 or WZ120. Think of the armor as like Skoda T50. Some, more than crap like PTA or Kunze, but no where near enough. Compared to E50, M46 Patton - CS59 enjoys a substantial premium shell pen increase though.  CS63 is a clan wars tool. Its properties allow for significant versatility and early opportunity. It can race to locations like LT, but arriving there can bring the firepower/pen of a medium. Sort of like how fast heavy tanks, like 113, object 260 and 277, appear in medium flanks, but bring the HP and armor of heavies. This is a tremendous use for skilled people who know of deployment and map positions. If you can't use this property though, the tank is rather mediocre. Sort of like Centurion AX. It really needs to use its highlights for any sort of reward. Beware the turret armor, as its not its listed '260mm'  Its a joke. Also when fighting CS63, beware the auto-ricochet hull. Its like Progetto, aim at the turret or LFP.