as far as i can tell the tanks are pretty identical in firepower and armor for each class on each side.

i saw some newbies try to grenade a m113 in operation flashpoint once, they umm...didn't make it angel:

i seriously hope bf1942 is moddable, i haven't heard anything about mods except for some TCs which confuse me a bit considering i heard there will be no SDK release at all, but there are a lot of little things that could make it more enjoyable