add remote control turrets too, being able to safely use your roof armament without needing to expose a crew member would be interesting.
BUT if you want to reload…
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I think it’s fine to keep the unmanned turret and autoloader reloading specifications the same as before. There’s no need to change everything all at once.
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If the hatch is open the HE overpressure would get in though so it would nerf some vehicles. Some vehicles also don’t have any commander hatch so something would need to be worked out.
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In eras like WWII, it was very common for tank Commanders to expose their heads or upper bodies from the cupola or hatch and use binoculars for observation. At a time when scopes and periscopes were still underdeveloped, this was an extremely effective method. Many tank aces from the Soviet and Germany and USA, other countries have written in their autobiographies about conducting reconnaissance by leaning out of the vehicle.
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ironically popping your head out of the tank and commanding that way likely kept everyone alive vs someone that hunkered in. Though I wonder if there could be a degree of survivor bias would be nice to see some data. There are also open tops which where used in direct combat so you where exposed no matter what. There is also reports of snipers taking out tank commanders or airplane strafing so there was risk but even today hunkering in your tank really does lower your perception even with modern cameras.
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I’m actually gonna give this a -1 and here is why
Many tanks had rotatable commander optics (first being gundlach periscope from Poland). This is what is currently highlighted in game as the commander optics for many vehicles. I also think it is kinda a waste to model a commander for the minority of vehicles that didn’t have rotatable commander optics (which still had some sort of commander vision, innovative example being on the Char 2C)
Then to balance this implementation all tanks would have to have the commander pop out and that would destroy a LOT of survivability in some tanks.
I’ll give a conditional +1 for pre-war rank 1 tanks