It could be used for psychological value. A 30 M4 mission comes into a field, you might not get a chance to find out if its the Sherman or Firefly. Not sure what role it would fill. Tiger there if you wanna be somewhere for awhile, kill in 1 shot, and want to avoid getting bombed by a plane. T34 for a fast, well armored tank; and if you want to have a big gun you take the -85. The panzer is in between T-34 and M4 in speed, has a better gun, and descent armor. Then theres the M4. Its only .5 Km/H faster than a Tiger, thin armor, and a gun that, at least in the war, required very close engagement ranges. Camping a spawn it might get you a few kills. I'll agree a non-perked American tank would be nice. I remember the FSO in December where with 30 min to go Fireflys and Tigers were disabled, leaving the U.S. Side with M8s only versus Panzers. The M3 and M5 were the only other American Tanks I know of, and would fair even worse in here, leaving U.S. Tank Destroyers like the M10, M18, or M36. If one day every tank will be in the game, I'd say wait for the "plain" M4 and get a T.D. like the M18 or M36.