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@Dibble
Not sure about the T72 but generally the Commander has more periscopes so can see more, the gunner has better sights so you have a choice of seeing or shooting depending which seat is vacant.
You can see bugger all when you are hatch down and rely on teamwork within your he vehicle and the Troop to have decent situational awareness. You have a headset with the Troop radio in one ear, the Squadron in the other and your vehicle intercom in both. I’ve done it in CVRTs and CVRWs in training and it’s knackering, that’s why you see Commanders hatches open. Doing this one crew member short whilst people are actually shooting at you would be very difficult. Crews have to train together to be any good I was an attachment to make up numbers in a Yeomanry (TA) unit and was a liability for at least a week and contributed little after that.
I’d go with fewer tanks fully crewed and leave some of the older variants that have been seen at home. But then I’m not going to be shot for embezzling soldiers salaries.