Spotting and German Assualt Guns as Efficient Armor

[Blackcloud6]

Well said.

If one uses limited traverse AFVs as immobile pill boxes, on defense, the opposing force with turreted tanks, will be able to take advantage. Just ask the late, Saddam H about his experience Desert Storm & Saber experience in Kuwait . . .

Oh, and do you remember the myriad of knocked out, turretless, SU-100, SU-122 and SU-85s that the Israelis -- in fast moving, turreted tanks -- outmaneuvered & levered out of their prepared positions in 1956 and 1967 in both Syria and the Sinai.

Out of context, many, if not most tanks in WWII used hand cranks for turret traverse. This was one, of many reasons why the Sherman was a superior tank because of its electric drive turret.

But I'll bite.  Again, this goes back to crew training and leadership ability.  Saddam's crews and platoon leaders were not nearly as well trained as US and Brit crews and leaders.  In the game efficiency reflect crew training and leadership ability more than anything else.  Hint: that is why early US tanks don't get it but later ones do although they have the same tank design.