CMRT: tank combat seems way off

[Weasel]

Fascinating.
And many, many thanks for the hint to Carius' book.

Very good book. The back of the book has after action reports and also copies of his commendations in both German and English. Second time I have read it.

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For example when I leave the commander out of the hatch to spot in hull down and an enemy comes out of the brush and begins to blast away often injuring, or killing the commander long before he decides to close the hatch.

My pet peeve too. In reality as soon as the first bullet is noted the commander would be dropping down, not necessarily closing the hatch, but dropping onto his seat and then scanning via the scopes to locate the shooter.