Infantry Against Tanks 1941

[captainkije]

It's 1941 and three STUG B's parked outside a building holding some Russian infantry (mine). Had read on this site that molotov's are useless and that turned out to be the case here.

Also read that "follow vehicle" was useless.

These assault guns were the early models with no MG, just the big gun.

All the comrades had left were bullets and grenades. Had one squad fire at the rear STUG in the line ahead formation, another advanced on him. The veteran crew bolted and were shot down or grenaded.

As the middle STUG swiveled to fire it's gun at 35m, "hit" appeared above it twice.

Can anyone explain what's going on? Did we just scare the crew out of their vehicle? Is that the only hope infantry with grenades have against a tank? No stuffing grenades down the barrel or vision slit (i.e., abstracted as "knock-out" instead of "abandoned")?

What does "hit" mean? Never saw it before.

Any insights appreciated.