I’ll go a bit further with the Brummbar, because it is related to front-vs-rearer armour as well.
Your front arc is actually more like 178 degress, because the hex line that extends exactly perpendiclar (right-angle / 90 degrees ) on either side from your facing is actually to your side. In fact, in AAM, that exact line is the only shot that is the the side. Everything else is either in front or to the rear.
Of course, in AAM there is no “sdie armour” rating. Shot at the front use the front defense rating, everything else (including Cloase-Assaults) go against the rear defense number.
Why did I go into so much detail? It turns out to be an imporant tactic to swing your armour to that exact 90 degree line to:
1. Avoid the many fixed-howitzer in the game
2. Target rear armour, which can otherwise be hard to get to with slow-moving tanks
And don’t forget, if you score twice the defense rating, you land a destroyed marker!
Mot