After 190+ posts, 21k+ views, 200 votes, and 1 and a 1/2 years of support this suggestion has FINALLY been implemented as a tier 8 premium on Supertest so thanks to everyone for the support. This is one of the very rare times WG listens to the NA population for suggestions lol.
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The "Awful" Panther by many is considered bad but a lot of people will recall this tank being fun and agreeing that it fits the role as a Premium. Its such an oddball tank that was neither overpowered nor underpowered as it used a Panther hull mounting a VK28.01 light tank turret using either the 10.5cm and 7.5cm guns. The tank was hardly ever considered a threat unless your tank was lighter than 40 tons then it could deal quite a bit of ramming damage if it didn't outright ram kill you. On top of being one of the best pound for pound ramming tanks(fun wise) its 7.5cm gun allowed for it to snipe and its 10.5cm allowed for some decent derp gun action.
My reasoning for this thing to be a premium is because chances are we are more likely to see a tank brought back as a premium rather than a normal tank and well the awful panther was the most balanced light tank in the game making it a perfect candidate to be a premium. As for its stats I say it should be in its pre removal fully upgraded state staying at tier 7 as shown by the screenshot below of the tank before it was swapped out for the SP1C. Only real change I could see it getting is potentially increasing its HP a bit given how crazy the meta is for the game right now.
Quickybaby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXw0rQR8_Qk
Awful Panther ramming montage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY2GeKVqzRY
OH and Wargaming if you actually bring it back for the love of god don't put any Wargaming logo junk on it like how you did with the AMX 13 57 or that premium M41 Bulldog...everyone hates that crap.
P.S. Mind giving one to me for free if you bring it back as a premium? lol
EDIT: This thread is now a year old and with over 170 votes and 3/4ths of people in support of it...at this point WG just bring the damn tank back already so I don't have to keep bumping this thread.