World of Tanks: Type 59 Getting Nerfed?

This upcoming in v7.1:

Presently, in the Russian patch notes for the T59 in v7.1:

Максимальный уровень боев танка «Type 59» увеличен на 1.

As http://babelfish.yahoo.com translates it:

The maximum level of combat of the tank “Of type 59” is increased by 1.

Basically, the Type 59 -- which has the same gun as the T-44 -- will find itself matched like the T-44, instead of enjoying the matching now of a tier 6.  Sorry T59 owners, fun is over.

But, this is just on the Russian servers so far, and just on the test.  It always starts in Russia....