One Hour Skirmish Wargames: Tank vs Tank Idea

Still inspired by Battles with Model Tanks: Wargaming 1914 - 1975, I have been contemplating using One Hour Skirmish Wargames for a tank vs. tank battle, a la What a tanker! and Bolt Action Tank War. Now, John Lambshead (OHSW) explicitly states, "Normally only one side will have an armoured vehicle as this is an infantry skirmish game ..."(p.38),  but being a typical wargamer, I can't help but say, "I'll use the rules how I please!"

(I mean that in good fun, nothing insulting intended)

As I have no pictures yet, here'one from an old blog post when I first got my Solido Tiger I.

Please note, I haven't tried the following yet, but I plan to.

One feature I like very much in OHSW is that you don't know how long vehicles will survive - they take cumulative damage and compare that to card draws, so they can go down on  one hit or last quite awhile.

If the game is small-squad infantry focused, any more detail probably isn't warranted, but in an all-tank game, some kind of effect from each hit could make it more interesting by creating some more friction.

In Disposable Heroes/Coffin for Seven Brothers (1st ed) (DHC7B), damage location is randomly determined by a ten-sided die. Different locations have different effects, also determined by a ten-sided die. In OHSW, it seems like we could do the same thing with a draw of a card. While it's possible in DHC7B to have a different percentage chance of hit location by vehicle, I've opted to forgo that possibility (a quick glance in the 1st ed core rulebook, shows the included tanks all have the same chances for location).

Also, although some of the effects result in instant destruction of the tank, that is already handled by the OHSW rules, so instead, I plan to put focus on the immobilizing and half speed effects, and killing of the hull or turret crews (loss of movement and fire respectively, maybe not entirely realistic as crew could move around if necessary I suppose)

Here, is a rough translation of the DHC7B results into card draws (I consolidated their two separate hull locations):

Damage location:

• Treads: A - 3
• Hull: 4- 9 
• Turret: 10, J, Q, K

Results:

• Turret: J, K, Q - Turret damaged / crew killed, no firing (You could probably split this to have no firing vs. no turret rotation)
• Hull (upper/lower): J, K, Q - Hull crew killed, no movement
• Treads: 10-J axle damaged, 1/2 movement | Q-K thrown track, immobilized

Honestly, I think between the rules in OHSW and the above, I have enough to try it out.

Another picture from an old post featuring armor.