Nice guide overall, I agree with most specs.
Here’s my 2c about tanks :
-38t : the best anti infantry tank in the game. It’s main strenght is the autocannon despite its nerf. High rof, splash damage and high ammo count. This setup allows you to keep firing with no downtime, switching between autocannon and MG to prevent heating, heavy pressure vs infantry. This tank has enough mobility to ignore enemy tanks. Take S mine as an emergy anti infantry kit. Just don’t play it on Panzerstorm.
-Panzer 4 : overall good tank, it’s not really strong at destroying tanks and it’s good vs infantry, mostly because of flares. It has better acceleration than a Tiger, but otherwise it’s a weaker version of a Tiger.
-Stug : If you play with a gunner, well it’s better using a Tiger. It’s only worth using it if you keep switching to the gunner seat which is the best of all tanks, but otherwise its cannon and his poor firing angle make it a trash tier tank.
-Tiger : the king of all tanks. High armor, wider shooting angle for the gunner and the highest damage vs tanks. It’s lacks some splash damage vs infantry, but it’s enough for any good tankers. Low acceleration. If you are a good tanker or playing with a gunner, I highly recommend taking the HEAT shell. The pineapple wrench is a bad perk (still useful when repairing at a resupply station as it gives more armor), but you should mostly repair with your blowtorch anyway or at a resupply station. HEAT shell deals up to 77 damage to light tank, 66 vs medium tanks and 45 damage vs heavy tank. It will always 3 shots a tank (unless someone repairs it) because of maximum armor lost despite the instant repair. You can’t lose a tank duel with this one or even 1vs2 if you have cover. The swapping time shouldn’t be a problem if you are aware of the situation.
-JU 88 : just one note about the spec. But Pineapply wrench is really useful for bombers as it allows to fully repair when hitting the resupply station, also it’s easier to repair a plane than a tank. Don’t even bother repairing a plane in a dogfight, with or without this perk.
-Staghound : It lacks mobility because of wheels (tracks > wheels) and bad acceleration despite its high speed. It was only useful before as it was the best anti tank and anti infantry tank in the game but since the nerf, it’s not really worth using it. It’s still the best british tank vs infantry, with either autocannon or 37mm (which doesn’t one shot planes). It has extremly accurate and high velocity cannon/MG.
-Valentine MK 8 : A good overall tank, better than panzer 4. It’s not that strong vs infantry, but it has a small size and decent speed to be tanky. It’s really good vs others tanks even if it lacks good burst, it mostly relies on raw dps so watch out for covers. Nothing much to say.
-Valentine archer : the reason british tanks arent that trash compared to german side. Just obliterate enemy team while camping at spawn. Lame and not really that strong at close range.
-Churchill : It used to be good with the howitzer spec, but howitzer shells were nerfed (almost no one were using them so why?). All shells were buffed in velocity except howitzer. As a BF1 howitzer LT main, I’m used to it, but it can bounce and poor range (unlike BF1 version). Most planes will be out of reach. Expect to lose tank duels vs good players, even with a god tier aim, it lacks range and mobility and even if it’s fun to see high damage (less damage than Tiger’s HEAT), it has a low dps. It has really strong splash damage vs infantry but it’s very weak vs buildings, it will require often 2 to 3 shells to destroy 1 building. It’s good on rotterdam/narvik thanks to splash damage because people don’t run much between objectives.
-AA tank : good mix between survivability and anti infantry. A better option than staghound on most CQB maps (devastation/rotterdam)
On german side, Tiger is clearly the winner. Unless if you want a high infantry setup (38t), I don’t see any reason using anything else than the Tiger. Panzer 4 lacks something good. The flares and the splash damage increase aren’t worth the loss of survivability, anti tank damage and better gunner seat.
On british side, it’s more balanced. Valentine MK 8 is the best all rounder tank as it has good anti tank options and Churchill is kinda terrible. Archer is the strongest but imo is boring to play, you can’t play aggressively so you won’t be able to get as many kills as with a MK8. AA tank is a really good option vs infantry, either playing safe or aggressively. Even if Staghound was my favorite tank, I don’t think it’s in a good spot because of those wheels, for long range fight, you will sooner or later get focused by another tank.