Yes, and I can asure you without that little reticle it is totally difficult to hit a tank at a range of 500 meters. You barely see the trajectory of the shell, especially considering vegetation. So, I just imagine a KV2 with the 152mm having a reload of...forever.
The same happened to me once when I flew a Stuka in a historical battle. I went down on the target and found out that there is no crosshair, while you got no instruments showing whether you got the correct slope angle of 60°, making bombing small ground vehicles almost impossible, because you simply have to guess where the bomb might go down. So I believe this has some room for improvements.
Now the problem comes up, that battles sorted by faction are not available in arcade mode, while historical battles are obviously nitpicking.
Having no battles sorted by factions was a huge con for me, thus leaving WoT. Seems like things repeat now.