Those are wonderful moments. Murphy's law dictates that that platoon will get taken out by artillary in the next battle with no surviviers.
Gaurd them well!
Here's the reverse. I had a Puma AC in a PBEM that came underfire from six russian tanks and survived to destory one before retreating. The enemy tanks were firing from 50m to 300m, no further. Damaged, but still deadly! Dang, I love those thing!