Option A, you could give the other two tanks just a gunsight view, untill the update. Alowing them to be took to battle.

Please also alow custom skins, for individual tanks. Got book loads of Tiger/T-34 scheme's

And please don't sacrafice realism for gameplay. The ablity to comand other units should be used to trump the superiority of a super tank like the Tiger.

The T-34's advantage in numbers should be used to balance the game, not giving it unrealistic firepower, or anything else it did'nt have in real life.

I know alot of IL2 types that will gladly buy this sim, but if you get that wrong, look out.
Its a tuff crowd