Discussion number 1 on the Alt oob

[raizer]

well a lot of those units used Tankodesantniki-or the simpler term- tankos :)
these guys used to ride on the SPs and protect them from infantry...there is no way to reflect it in the game but maybe a higher defense can be attributed to them. They were so successful that the germans used there own version. There were some StuGs at kursk, for the first time, had dedicated Begleit assault riders-escort troops. These dudes were armed with 44s and smgs and after kursk became popular ways to protect SPs from close assault. The tankos caught on after kursk...so taking a SU 152 on its own, sure infantry could knock it about, like an elephant, but there are numerous historical instances of them having dedicated infantry support