One-man tank turrets - were they a good idea?

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In World War Two, the best tanks of the French army used turrets crewed by just one man. Was this a mistake?

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A long and rambling ramble about the fact that one-man turrets, though they have advantages, also don't operate as well as three-man turrets. Today, auto-loaders have largely replaced the role of the loader in a tank, but can a commander command a tank AND handle the gun?

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