[Review]: PzKpfw S35 739 (f)- The Mini Maus

Source: NA forum

Overview
This tank is on special, as I'm sure you all know. It comes at an incredible 7 dollars 19 cents for the tank, a garage slot, and several nifty consumables that normally cost gold. All in all, a fairly decent package. I'm a huge German tank nut, so I decided to pick up my first captured-and-remodeled-German-Frenchy-Tank. (The other capped panzers didnt take my fancy when they were on special, so I ignored them.) Please note this is not in any way a guide, just my liking for this vehicle and what I think of it. Trolls, begone!
And yes, I have very few battles in this tank, but I wedge myself into combat enough to get a decent idea of this tank.

This tank is a beast. Flat out, its a beast. Tier 3 dominator. Even in higher tier battles, it plays its part.

Pros
- 36mm frontal armor (well sloped) and 35mm side armor, good for surviving most tier 3 and some tier 4 attacks.
- Powerful cannon with decent rate of fire
- Quick hull and turret traverse allowing you to whip around to face enemies behind you
- Decent acceleration, great mobility (very little turn-bleed)
- Lots of ammo!
- Great radio, decent view range
- Good hit points
- Good acceleration
- Fastest aim time in the game
- Uses the same turret/gun as the Pz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f)
 

Cons
- Gun is not too accurate
- Matchmaker sometimes lands you into tier V territory (not good)
- Top speed, while not terrible, is not impressive (37 km/h)

Mobility: This tank is in no way a speed demon. It gets to, and maintains, a fairly decent speed of 30kph with acceptable ease. Its not the T-50 motorcycle maneuverist either. It suffers from 3rd degree turn burn. Try to stay on a forward path of motion. However, even with these handicaps, the tank maintains its speed well and has enough maneuverability to do some minor brawling, and relocate to positions that are nearby.

Firepower: This tank comes equipped with a 47mm tier 2 cannon. Not much, right? WRONG. This tank's gun is used like the B1's gun. Its a 47mm bully machinegun that spits out rounds like Churchill. I tackled many tier 3 counterparts head to head with this gun and shredded them. And, the best part, is that it has the intense German accuracy that we all love. This gun is a versatile sniper/brawler, but be careful not to overshoot your accuracy, as in spit rounds before the aiming circle closes. Not a huge problem, however, since it aims fairly quickly and you'll mostly be in MQC or CQC.

Protection: This tank comes equipped with a turtle shell. Well armored on all sides, especially on its turret, it has few weakpoints. Its got an acceptable frontal slope, and has a few weakpoints such as viewports, cupola, etc. Something else that stood out to me was that this tank is very thin. Its almost as thin as most tier 8-10 heavy tank treads. O_O

Statistics and Data for the Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f)