* Samad aiding an injured Golikov during the night ambush.
* When the crew spends the night in the tank, Daskal (somewhat creepily) tries to calm them by mentioning a time he survived an RPG hit in an older tank. For a second, Daskal was at least trying to be AFatherToHisMen.
* Koverchenko and Taj's growing friendship, along with his previous friendship with Samad. Koverchenko is just a generally easy guy to get along with as long as you're vaguely decent.