I need tactical help

[Griefbringer]

Modern tactical doctrines tend to discourage bunching up, since it makes for pretty vulnerable targets on a battlefield. Thus infantry is trained to spread out to provide less concentrated targets and to make better use of all available cover.

I have seen some pictures from Vietnam war depicting a whole squad sheltering behind a slowly advancing tank. This may be a viable tactic if you are only facing small arms fire and from a single direction. But what if an enemy combatant manages to outflank the tank and engage the bunched up squad from an exposed angle - single burst from an automatic weapon could cause serious mayhem. Or what about a round from grenade launcher or mortar falling somewhere behind the tank and showering the exposed squad with shrapnel? Or anti-tank round penetrating the tank, brewing up ammo and blowing the turret off? Or well-placed MG in front of the tank shooting between the tracks and hitting the exposed lower legs? Never mind the difficulty of effectively firing back at the enemy from such a position.

Also for destroyed vehicles, sheltering close to a burning tank might be rather uncomfortable in real life. Heat, flames, clouds of suffocating smoke, danger of any remaining munitions catching fire and brewing up, smell of burning flesh and so on.