so can an ist, and with flame shot it can do it from the front
As someone who uses ISTs I have a few issues with this comparison of inc shot. First of all, inc shot has literally no arc to it. Anything that has elevation in its flight path can block it. Ie A fence, the edge of a building, a barrel, etc. You then couple that with its inherent inaccuracy which is noticeable due to its small AoE. Then the fact its an on use ability which means u have no ability to micro your tank while trying to use the ability. In turn since it's on use, god help you if the IST's turret is tracking something else b/c using the ability will not only stop your tank but you have to wait for the turret to slowly swing around and fire. Lastly unless you spec into long range destruction, the inc shot has a pitiful 30 range, 35 if its a vet 3 IST. In terms of the argument that HE rounds limit Shermans at least against PE, what is the drawback of using HE rounds since it was a simple toggle and what do 75mm Shermans with HE rounds activated have to fear in terms of standard PE AT? They do fine against 50mm, Marders, inf hts w/ shreks, panzer shreks. Only panthers, hetzers and jadgpanthers?