CoH: Tales of Valor T17 has the POWER
Some of the new units in Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor are much more than just skin updates, they are upgrades. They should have drawbacks and bonuses from the unit they are replacing, but with the case of the T17, it is ALL bonus.Here is the whole list of unit upgrades for Tales of Valor. Seeing the T17 in action is just amazing; It has a very fast firing cannon that just decimates infantry. It's almost like an Ostwind on wheels, but fast enough to chase down retreating infantry. Example number 1 shows a group of T17s waiting to destroy some retreating infantry. Warning: 16 MB GIF
The T17 also gets a stun ability that is just like the British Bren infantry's ability to button. The big difference is that the stun ability makes it so a vehicle cannot move OR fire their main weapon. This grants the T17 the power to take down Axis heavy armor all by itself; granted it isn't on a 1v1 basis, but if the tank is alone, it WILL die to a group of T17s. This really makes the Allies insanely over powered, as long as they have the fuel to get to the T17 first- It's game over for the Axis team.
Watch this video and see how insanely powerful the T17 is. I have a replay someplace of four T17 Amored Cars taking out an Axis King Tiger right as it was called in. Talk about balance issues!