Men of War has a very inactive forum too, I really just came over here on the whim that maybe we even had a separate forum for this game.
To answer your question, to the best of my knowledge, a BT-7 probably should not be able to do that. Then again, the Americans landing on Omaha Beach carry Brens and Enfields, something I can almost assure you they did not do. Made all the weirder by the fact that BARs and other American guns that would have been used are present in the editor but not in the game. The fact that the Sherman is kinda crappy and goes up in flames is fairly accurate according to what I've heard.
Although, the presence of the completely awesome M26 Pershing is inaccurate as it was the poor performance of the American tanks and tank destroyers during the Battle of the Bulge that convinced the army that its then current doctrine was inadequate and the vehicles available not up to the bar. But, I'm almost glad for it because the Pershing saw little combat and it would just not be cool trying to kill a Panther with Shermans. Sluggers would have been appreciated.
In real answer to your question: for the most part armour is dealt with relatively realistically in that certain vehicles will perform poorly, like Shermans, against heavier tanks, like Panthers or Tigers I or II.
I played another session of this game to see and it does seem about right with regards to most vehicles, so yes a Tiger would be a fairly unchallenged master of its arena. One thing to bear in mind is AT grenades kill almost everything on the first try, so infantry need to be careful to cover tanks.
Last little thing, an interesting effect in this game is that the hole left by an AT round on a tank's body will produce a flame like in combat footage.
Post edited January 10, 2016 by AnimalMother117