I'm too tired to into this soon-to-be-kittenfest-of-a-thread, but I first want to say this:

Ambush dynamics and balance are inherently different from Skirmish due to many factors.

As a Skirmish player, I am only interested in how HAVs perform in skirmish where AV is significantly more of a threat due to the prevalence of Supply Depots, Safe Zones of Resupply, and more organized Spawn Points for the enemy.

the thing is, you went up against probable one of our A-List tankers, the A listers are the hardest tanks to kill in the game and its fun to fight these battles, you were probably using militia grade AV weapons while he was using advanced or prototype modules, with that said, you wouldv easily taken him down with proto AV..

So this topic is based on Duna2002 - the guy is probably one of the best tankers in the game. The best because he's KDR is so high and I have rarely seen him lose a tank. Atthough one note, I haven't seem him come up against any real tough opposition, or run into him in any other game mode than ambush.

I have actually squadded with this guy, for a few hours - so I know the rough tactics. This is one guy that I game with, who is a pretty good tanker and he takes up the challenge of tanking against Duna. Anyway, he's taken Duna's tanks out a few times.

So the usual squad with Duna is Black heart 555 and someone else, in We are Legends. They usually roll 3 tanks, although sometimes they run with infantry too.

Duna runs a shield tank, I think with NOS or the proto equivalent. When he takes some hits, he backs up and if things are getting hectic, the infantry jumps out to delay the advance.

So the standard answer / best way to take Duna out is to use squad tactics. Get a couple of good tankers and a couple of AV guys to take him out. I realise that this is an obvious (and crap answer).

If your playing with a squad of infantry (or by yourself), use height to your advantage. Get inside whatever city or on top of any structure you can, in order not to be caught on the ground. Equip AV grenades to fend off he's tank and kill the infantry.

The smartest answer to solo a tank, is to sneak up on he's tank, lay down a nanohive (use some cover hopefully) and spam the **** out of he's tank with good AV grenades. If anyone else in the team joins in, you could be onto a winner.