I have to correct my earlier bit of misinformation. Radios can double as intercoms, and they would be present in most armies. Even tanks without radios would equip either intercoms or colored light systems for passing messages.
Here's some of the equipment that can be seen inside a Churchill; the communication gear is pretty neat:
http://churchilltank.com/tank/
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
While I didn't know about that particular tradition until the Girls Und Panzer manga (which was released before the anime), the manga version of the "kicking" tutorial actually mentions that kicking to command direction was something the Japanese did since their tanks were so small, and the commanders can usually reach the driver with their foot. On larger tanks though, I'd think you'd be better off using radios to command the driver.
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That seems better than the way the Japanese aircraft had to communicate with each other.