That M1 KVT at the start sums up US players in a nutshell. He's presented the option to fight a tank one whole BR below him or get hit by artillery, so he bails out.
So im not the only one getting those freezes. Ever since a few updates ago ive been getting horrible frame timings while only playing aircraft, the amount of times ive crashed because it froze while i was in a dive is infuriating.