Historically, crewsvaried from just two members to a dozen. For example, pre-- World War II French tanks were noted for having a two-man crews, where the overworked commander had to load and fire the weapon in addition to commanding the tank. First War of the nations tanks were established with immature technologies; in addition to the crew needed to man the several guns as well as machine guns, as much as 4 crewmen were needed to drive the storage tank: the driver, acting as the vehicle commander as well as manning the brakes, drove using orders to his gears-men; a co-driver ran the gearbox and also throttle; and also two gears-men, one on each track, steered by establishing one side or the other to still, permitting the track on the other side to slew the tank away.
With World War II the multi-turret tanks proved impracticable, and also as the single turret on a low hull design became common, teams came to be standardized around a workers of four or five. In those tanks with a 5th crew member, often three were located in the turret (as described above) while the fifth was most frequently sittinged in the hull close to the driver, and operated the hull gatling gun in addition to acting as a co-driver or radio operator.
Well designed crew stations, giving proper considerations to comfort and ergonomics, are an important factor in the fight performance of a tank, as it limits fatigue as well as accelerate specific activities.
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