They are. These are common depictions of how American field crews desperately tried to better protect their tanks against the armor piercing guns that were developed during the battles on the eastern front.
When it's you saying that, it doesn't even sound like a joke.But if you look at battlefield photos, there was something even more awfulThe problem is defense.All that's left is to lay spare rollers and tracks out on the hull... Side and rear armor are out of question. Lately even frontal armor became unreliable.Nevertheless, remodeling to Ausf. G didn't affect armor thickness itself...How about putting up Schürzen like the Anglerfish team did? That also would be mere consolation though...But they say concrete armor was actually ineffective...Can't say it's elegant, though...Especially with Shermans.Then how about fastening a lot of kittens to the hull? That way enemies would hardly even shoot at us.