I either need to quit again or start playing in platoons because it's getting impossible to play in this inbred turnip soup of "teams". At least I'll know there will be one or two players who can tell their elbow from their ****.
Also discovered something fun in my AMX 13 57, basically if I'm ever up against EBR Hotch face to face, I am dead. First time I happened, I thought it was a fluke when I bounced 6 out of 8 shells while face hugging it.
But basically because of the sloped shaped hull and 40mm of armour, most shells will bounce in that situation. From the side, it's protected by the wheels absorbing most shells of course, so on any map like Mines (which has no place in game above T6) where lights have to contend a certain position early, I'm basically toast if I come up against that tank.
Saying that, I have improved my fortunes since last week, largely due to starting to play mostly my premium tanks and very little tech tree tanks, really tells you everything you need to know about P2W nature of this game.