I guess I'll be the only one here who actually has something good to say about the Type :p

I love it. It's basically a one-tier-lower T-54, and it is a great Medium for its tier - not the best, but certainly not bad. It's pretty up-armored compared to T-44's, but loses in terms of guns and agility against those.

The magic with the Type is its turret armor. That bulbous thing is the mother of all bounces. I've bounced countless Tier X shots on the turret without a hitch. That being said, your front armor leaves a little to desire (it's not T-54 front armor, sadly) but can often bounce if you angle it right.

Beyond that, another thing I love about the Type is the willingness of Type drivers to 'wolfpack' together in Randoms and cooperate to take down bigger foes. I don't see that happening with any other Medium.

A bit of stats: After 180 games, I've won 61% and have 1530 efficiency on it (steadily rising, my first games with it were kinda bad because I wasn't used to the tank yet). Unfortunately I haven't gotten a Top Gun on it yet (but I do 5 kills all the time), due to the gun's somewhat poor alpha damage (people steal my kills so often, I have a dozen Confederates on it...), but I did have my highest XP/battle in this beast, at 2175xp.

And besides, what other tank can look so sexy?