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You don't know about the 7/10ths of tanks they routinely used? :p

Haha, these sorts of topics cause me to get interested in weird niche subjects. What I can find quickly though doesn't really say numbers, just a battalion (no numbers) in 1940 and in 1941 the Germans knocked out 64 in a single day with 88s.

Agreed, was just mentioning the reason why there wasn't something like that available. Unless they charge you down in a defensive position. Good question, not sure, but will try to find out. What period though?

The performance was underwhelming. I checked and the Matilda II of 1940 was armored enough to shrug off even the Italian 75mm HEAT shells. It would have been great against the bulk of British AFVs until the M3 and M4 showed up, but the heavy tanks would have been able to deal with it. The L46...

There is a comparison picture the Italians took in this link. Yes they did enlarge it, but the entire hull, not just the superstructure; in fact the entire vehicle was actually lower: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/semovente-105-25/...

To be fair the Hetzer was basically a SP AT gun, not an assault gun despite the name. It was of course shoe horned into that role, but then German doctrine was to stick their heads out of the cupola for the best vision anyway. The 4 man crew came in handy despite the cramped-ness, as more men...