November 2011 Oceanic Challenge

Steeltrap, on Nov 08 2011 - 03:16, said: Why limit TDs to tier 3? Seriously, 165 health max and no armour. A KV with the 107mm will 1-shot ANY of them. And a KV has, what, about 4 TIMES THE HEALTH??
TDs should be allowed to compete at same tier. Aren't they 'balanced' for their tier, trading armour and health for a firepower advantage that, frankly, often does NOT offset those disadvantages?
So you can take a KV with the 107, but not a SU-85 with same gun? PzIV carries same gun as StuG. M4 has similar gun to M10.
KV has 660 health with 2nd turret. Churchill has 700. The tier 5 TDs have only about 60% the health of KV or 50% of Churchill, no armour, and the KV has as good a gun. RoF on Churchill will rip up any TD.
Will love to hear the explanation.