To be honest, I'm tired of being "nice" about stuff. When you try to be nice people either shit all over you, try to troll you, or say your "delusional" and brush it off. Reality is that being a dick is the only way to get a point across.
I kinda agree with this.
Back to the point, just like infantry, do not bunch up your tanks (although the strafe area is a bit large). I think smoke screen can block the vision of the aircraft (not 100% on this). This ability is intended to deny a large area to enemy tanks, and it's expensive. Besides, the other player literally drove his Sherman inside the strafe zone. Let's face it, only one of them had 2 tigers, one PAK and and army of vetted LMG grens. Even without that they had a great chance of winning the game. The other enemy player also flanked you with his panther, so I think even without that, they had a good chance of finishing the battle in their favor.