Should tank crews be better armed?

[Aeraaa]

And why is that taboo? Like I said, they are a very small team (4 men max if you exclude bunker crews), they are armed only with smgs or carbines (not exactly long range weapons) and they're worth more alive than dead, especially in a campaign. It's just annoying that right now even Strela teams can defeat them, unless they're into an adjacent hex...