i checked 50mm puma stats, since the idea was to make stuart like this vehicle.
puma has 0.32 peneration vs sherman, so it seems to be same in that area.
however, puma can still fight m10s, and there is no alternative to puma for axis.
but if u try to fight an ostwind with stuart, you'll lose in no time.
the 2 basic problems are:
1:
staghound is too good vs vehicles. there is no need in getting stuart.
there should be a big difference between stag killing PE vehicles and stuart killing PE vehicles
2:
stuart and puma are supposed to be hard counters to light vehicles while being able to do okayish dmg vs tanks and inf.
those last two things seems to be ok... i only do think their peneration can be a bit higher.
also every enemy light vehicles they face can fight back good. if you set up your AT gun, you know that tanks will stay away. with puma or stuart this is not the case.
puma's moving accuracy could also be increased to .7 to match stuart.
Stuarts are awesome but people still try to use them as infantry killers when they excel in taking out vehicles and tanks. I've taken out a panther (full health) with 3 of them before, i regularly took out p4's with 2 stuarts, I can take out stugs and stuh's with just one, they're awesome vs pumas until upgun, they used to really beat up pe vehicles, they're not as great but they're still pretty awesome. the stuart gun also has a higher rof than the stag gun and with the tank cmdr upgrade, it has further sight, and with the lower health it can get bake into a fighter faster after repair.
I have to say the main issue with stuarts is their health but other than that, they're just fine.
i see now the only difference in reload is that stag has 3 wind down while stuart has 0.
this would mean that stuart reloads about 50% faster.
so yeah, stuart is okay vs vehicles. but with the staghound you can do pretty much the same.