Trying to understand the T-34...

I don't really understand this tank. It's meant to be a good brawling tank, yes? Well, given that to be a good brawler, it'd be nice to have decent frontal armor, and a powerful hitting gun... this tank doesn't exactly hit the mark. So how does this tank work at brawling well? Or is it meant for something else?

Thanks

I bought it couple days before and at least for now I do not believe it to be a brawling tank. It's more of a support (with Zis gun) that works best with some distance. It might be more suitable brawling when 76 gun is unlocked, but even then I'm not sure this is the best thing to do in this tank (or if that gun is better for it at all).

Personally I play it similarly to Pz 3/4. Looking where support is needed, flanking enemies getting 2-3 shots and relocating.

On a side note, armor in brawling situations for me is more geared towards heavy tanks. For mediums, you almost never can count on it any case. It's more the mobility which let's you "dance" around (unless speaking about t-54/62a that have those crazy turrets' armors).

It is not a brawler.
Play it as a sniper by all means and hope to get to the next tank as soon as possible   

If it is a sniper, then i can't wait to get rid of it

Well I played the Type T-34 which is basically the same tank. And I played that as a support/flanker. Not the best tank IMO but when you get in a position where the enemy doesn't notice you or doesn't care about you, well basically when you can shoot without getting shot at you can do a lot of damage fast because the dpm is pretty good.

I think there's a video about it in our YT video if you're interested.