Is the Schmalturm worth it as a German medium crew trainer?
With the upcoming EU 30% sale on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm, should I buy it as a German medium crew trainer? It'll only cost 2625 gold, down from 3750.
I've looked at reviews on the Panther/M10 and it looks horrible. The Schmalturm doesn't look too bad. Of course, crew trainers are all about XP and the Panther/M10, being a tier higher than the Schmalturm, will see more Tier 8 battles, thus more potential damage and more XP, so the Panther/M10 may be a better option. Both tanks have the same gun, though the Panther/M10 has marginally better DPM, is faster and has a whopping 1.3k hp. But all the reviews I've looked at on the tank suggest that it's horrible.
My only German medium at the moment is a 30.01 P, which currently has a 267% crew trained (i.e. 67% into the second skill). Sure, it's not a great medium, but I love it (1,526 WN8, 55.5% WR, 440 battles and 2 MoE). I've got a second crew trained to around 170% in my barracks from the Panzer IV H, but that's not really that relevant.
I've nearly finished with the VK 28.01, which will lead me onto the Awful Panther. From there I plan to grab the Indien Panzer and push down to the Leopard 1. I could skip the Indien Panzer and get the Leopard PTA from the RU 251, but I haven't played any mediums at tiers above 6 yet and I'd like to get some practice in at Tier 8 before moving onto Tier 9 and 10. I'd also like to get onto at least my third skill on the medium crew before I get the Indien Panzer, so I can have both Sixth Sense and BiA. This would be much faster in a premium tier 6 or 7 tank than in the 30.01 P, hence my desire to buy a premium crew trainer.
So yeah. Is the Schmalturm worth it as a crew trainer?
edit: also, feel free to downvote me like ****. I dunno why I didn't bother to search for similar topics and the top one that came up was a month old asking pretty much the same question: http://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/2f5utb/qwhich_is_the_better_m10panther_or_pz_iv/
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