Lorraine 50T, Thoughts so far

churchill50: In my opinion, the Lorr 50t is kind of redundant, but in a good way. The combination of mobility, turret armor, gun depression, and standard pen is nice. But the tank is hamstrung by the low DPM, mediocre gun handling (final accuracy is nice, but dispersion values aren't great), and lack of hull armor. The prem pen is also not great compared with its counterparts (M103, Concept 1B, Conq, AMX M4 51).It can definitely work, but it has a few too many weaknesses to really be in the top echelon of tier 9's. The AMX M4 51 is a much more flexible and overall stronger tank. Giving up 2 degrees of gun depression, some mobility (although the mobility is still fine), and standard pen to gain quite a bit of DPM and usable hull armor is a tradeoff that doesn't go in the Lorr 50t's favor.Meanwhile, the Conqueror gives up the mobility to become a MUCH better hulldown bully because of the better gun handling and DPM.Then there's the Concept 1B, which kind of gets the best combination of stats. It's not quite as fast as the Lorr, but is massively better in every other way. But, at the end of the day, I think that's a good thing. The Lorr is right where it should be balance-wise in my opinion. It's definitely viable, and can work quite well. But it's middle of the pack, not powercreeping everything like the Concept 1B. It's also not bs to fight since it does have some pronounced weaknesses you can work around.That's exactly how WG should be trying to balance tanks like this.