Hahah yeah I once managed to fool a Panther by turning my turret sideways and point the barrel downwards, then drove up against some pile of rubble... I took that as an experiment because I wanted to see what would happen. I jumped into the hull MG and pointed the sights at a gap in the hedgerow from where the enemy tanks would come through eventually.
Then the Panther emerged through the gap. He saw me in the midst of the ruins next to a wrecked Panther static... I saw him point at me and I was certain he wasnt fooled. He didnt fire, instead he started moving towards me and then took a left turn, exposing his right side to me. At that moment I jumped into the 1st seat, lifted my gun, turned the turret and started taking aim. By the time I had my sights on his side, the gun was ready and I fired.
The Panther blew up and a moment later the driver told me that he was using the freelook and noticed that my engine deck started to smoke and my turret started turning, he was literally shitting himself but was too slow to turn his turret. Hahaa, funny moments.
Too bad that tactic doesnt work every time.