Can't even pass 1k damage on average in most games. It see's tier 9's almost every match, and with a gun that has only 144mm of pen standard, what the hell are you supposed to do? Even with gold ammo, it can barely pen anything, and you have to hit things first. It honestly has some of the worst gun handling I have ever seen on a medium, and I've played the A44, and that thing is notorious for having terrible gun handling. And on top of that, it's got mediocre mobility as well! I couldn't even circlestrafe a fucking T-10 with it the other day. And if I do manage to get around something, the shots will get absorbed by spaced armour because the pen is absolutely fucking abhorrent. It honestly needs to be a tier 6 premium, or it needs better mobility alonside a pen and ROF buff, because my God, is this thing fucking abysmal to grind. Cannot wait to get the T44
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/kmjhk6/t43_is_one_of_the_worst_tanks_at_tier_7/