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Originally Posted by frinik
According to Thomas Jentz 13.6% of all Tiger I lost were due to damage to their tracks from mines, artillelly or AT guns hits, infantry(grenades, satchels or panzerfaust, airstriles or direct hits by other armour.If you have a turret you canreasonably fight off any flanking manoeuvre while you repair or tow your tank if you can.But with a Stug or jadpanzer the only alternative is for the crew to expose themselves to hostile fire to make repairs
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I don't think single tanks should be responsible for their flanks, but rather designed to have the maximum effect in their area of responsibility. The gun traverse should be decent enough to cover that without moving the hull around.