weapons deal joke damage in MCNR towards vehicles
Ever try, like, shooting the gas tank?
Even if the damage were indeed "joke", the most obvious solution would be to boost the damage (or nerf vehicle health).
Giving people tanks with 7.5k health is the opposite of a solution. How would you even counter one "fairly easily"? Even multiple Molotovs would take a while to work. Not to mention that old/rich players will still have the chance to team up and use their tanks consecutively—or even as a heavily armored squad. They will indeed run out of tanks at some point, but this still makes them OP against everyone else in a way that doesn't necessarily involve skill.
Finally, how is this even a little bit realistic? I would at least understand it if the suggestion were to only give a tank to cops the way they already use Rustlers/Sea Sparrows. But... you want private military companies with their own tank armies? That's just not what this gamemode is about.