BAE System’s cutting-edge tech, called BattleView 360, lets warfighters do just that. A crew member wearing the helmet-mounted tech can "see through” the tank out to the battlefield around them.

The helmet was used at the Battle of the Somme from September 1916 until the end of that year, before falling out of favour. It was so flimsy that shell splinters could penetrate its leather body.

Tank armor is not, however, easy to see through. Vision is usually minimal inside of tanks, because generally material you can see through tends to be more fragile than massive plates of steel.