Good report, but I am not so sure the average opponent would split up his forces that way for you. The Americans probably should have stuck together and concentrated their fire and took advantage of Gung Ho as they maneuvered.

I had not thought of tanks giving cover (extra defense die) to each other, so I need to remember that one. I am not sure if the Pershing should be used to provide cover for the Shermans or vice versa. I assume the Shermans should sacrifice themselves to give cover to the Pershing since its attacks are more potent.

I have played this Soviet list (but with some different upgrade/crew cards) against several different opponents and they have tried different techniques against my Soviets. Most of them have their tanks stay together. In this battle I wanted the USA player to be more aggressive. So, they moved up and were trying to limit the options for the Soviets on their movement. Also, I wanted to try a pincher move. Made it more difficult for the Soviets to keep only one tank able to shoot at them. When the opponent's tanks move together I have found out it is generally easier of the Soviets to maneuver where only one enemy tank, most of the time, gets to shoot. You can try to get your Soviets on the side of the flank of the opponent's tanks. Then, the opponent's tanks limit who can shoot because they can't shoot their own tanks. Their own tanks block line of sight. But, yeah they could stay together. Maybe next time I'll try them being less aggressive and staying together or aggressive and staying together.