mortars, nebel's, 88's, mht's,
I specifically mentioned artillery as the other reliable option.
schrecks, MP40s, Assault grens
Infantry, which will probably be more preoccupied with getting rid of the bren gunners, rather than the ATG in order to survive. End of day you will, at any given point of time, have less infantry (and thus effective firepower) supporting a tank than bren squads supporting an ATG.
if anything axis are masters at de-crewing and destroying atgs more so than the allies. so to say button was broken because it hindered the axis from circle stafing atg's, which is the allies best form of anti tank, is ludicrous.
This statement does not make even one ounce of sense.