I first ran into this tank quite a while ago, and completely sucked with it. I convinced myself it was a crap tank anyway, promptly sold it, and didn't look back. As it turns out I was a complete Potato, and didn't take time to find out how to get the most out of this fragile beauty.
In the upcoming Tank Madness match I'm prob going to play France as I already have AMX 13 90, and ELC, so I figured I'd find another TT to use with them. It came down to this or Arty, and I always feel a little dirty playing Click boomers.
I'm on a quest to become a better teammate, and I've spent some time and effort trying to educate myself in general with the help of forumer's, and thru watching videos. So I'm taking this as a challenge to git gud at a tank that is about as far outside my comfort zone as they get. I did some research, and I'm trying to apply the information I've found.
First match, I stood still too long and was promptly nuked by arty. I'd been warned about this, you will be an arty magnet in this tank, my bad.
Second match, First thing I attempted to play peek-a-boom and was ripped to pieces by the several full health Reds to whom I'd foolishly exposed myself.
Third match, I'm playing more cautiously. As I'm lurking around, a Red T49 comes ripping over the hill hell bent. I get him once, then track him, he uses repair kit but I hit 'em again, and one more puts him away. A minute later, I'm back to the front with a full clip just in time to catch a full health M103 trying to retreat. It took five shots, the last of which was a slim target disappearing behind a hill, lovely. Greens go on to a landslide win. I end up with 3 frags, and finish 3rd in a tier X match.
The highs, and lows with this tank are pretty extreme. Team mates look at you and wonder why your "Heavy" isn't out front pushing. I guess I should expect to get some hate mail while driving her, but from what I've been seeing it's not even really a second line tank. More like a medium with some speed, that needs to survive for as long as possible to take advantage of her 12 seconds of absolute destruction. I'm looking forward to the long grind with her, and any further advice is very welcome from someone that "gets" this tank.