spotting when turning around your units

[Imp]

Originally Posted by JohnHale

ditto, Runequester.

Consider an Allied tank coming across a StuG facing the other way. Welly on the pedal - loud noise and clouds of smoke before the StuG can point its gun and op-fire. The turreted vehicle should get a shot off first. StuGs and Panzerjagers were ambush weapons, but are not sufficiently penalised for this in the game.

Not quite as cut & dried as that in this game, yes if thats what happens - it comes across it but a more typical situation.
Somebody has it in sight say an infantry squad who miraculously manage to wave there arms & distract it making it turn its rear to the tank just before it appears.
Therefore as you have to much info/control only a chance, another one of those situations where you know/learn what to expect but dont bank on it.
Its what I love about this game you have worked towards creating an opening only to find inexplicably everyone misses & it all stalls or you get the most unlikely of kills elsewhere can you capitalise on it. No other game seems to capture the uncertainty & situations this throws you into, worryingly perhaps I have even been known to chastise my units verbaly or utter the odd common my son.