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1) you already have to log completely out of the game to view film-unless you have a 2nd computer.
2) the gunners view is better than the commanders view as far as zoom is concerned.
3) the commander tells the gunner where to fire-it's not like the commander can pull the trigger
rebuttal
1)Players do it all the time to locate tanks, M3's, etc they can't find.... Still needs to be fixed or removed
2)Some late war tanks had 5x sights, most didn't. The commanders position has a very large field of view and a level of Zoom that leads to unrealistic engagement ranges for most ww2 tanks. Give the commander binoculars.
3)you are correct a World War II tank commander could not fire his main gun... but they can in Aces High, combine that with their unrealistic Zoom levels who needs a Gunner's position at all