The LolTraktor is actually pretty scary in a T1 game, especially with the stock gun. Despite its low DPS and RoF, it can hit well outside the range of most mg-armed light tanks of the same tier and play like a super sneaky sniper. Especially if you reverse into cover and angle the rear armor a bit.
Still won't stop a T18 with a derpgun, unless you get the jump on it and keep pinging at its side armor while it's engaged with someone else.