Planedev, it's more tactics than anything else. A good shooter with either system can hit you at 20 meters or more. If the IBU has advantages over your TBS, then change your tactics, coordinate with your team mates, and don't give the advantage to the other side. To simply complain of a small advantage another tanker has in equipment is not effective in battle tactics. Evolve, find the solution. There is more than one. What if another tanker comes to the field with a really well dialed in tank, bearings in all wheels, perfect TU setup, and in general a top of the line tank. OK, if he comes, the advantage he would have is not to loose as much speed after hits as an out of the box tank. Is that not fair also?
And here's one way to make the battle systems look a little better. Before anyone screams, I am not going to get in an argument over the lowered apple. I have used them for years now, and it is just something cosmetic I do. And it's legal here. Doesn't look like the Eifel Tower sticking up from the hatch.