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7/21/2025, 7:19:54 PM
>>64005521
It's even worse than that. That's only looking at it from a gunnery perspective. Tanks are also manuever weapons, and positioning is important in combat. So given that the driver has a worse overall view (he's down in the front hull), the commander has an additional job of instructing the driver how/where to manuever. If the commander is already massively overworked handling a one man turret by himself, the additional need to effectively coordinate with the driver compounds the issue.
As for OPs question of what they were thinking. A one man turret means you need less metal/manpower to build and operate a tank with X amount of firepower and armor. And if you assume those raw numbers are all that matter, then on paper one man turrets look very attractive. At least until the initial assumptions are upended when the Germans roll in with their early war tin can Panzers with the wunderwaffen engineering principle of "decent crew ergonomics".
It's even worse than that. That's only looking at it from a gunnery perspective. Tanks are also manuever weapons, and positioning is important in combat. So given that the driver has a worse overall view (he's down in the front hull), the commander has an additional job of instructing the driver how/where to manuever. If the commander is already massively overworked handling a one man turret by himself, the additional need to effectively coordinate with the driver compounds the issue.
As for OPs question of what they were thinking. A one man turret means you need less metal/manpower to build and operate a tank with X amount of firepower and armor. And if you assume those raw numbers are all that matter, then on paper one man turrets look very attractive. At least until the initial assumptions are upended when the Germans roll in with their early war tin can Panzers with the wunderwaffen engineering principle of "decent crew ergonomics".
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