Its a great tank but I feel the canon barrel could use some improvement. Its an important part of the tank so its a shame to see it lost against the grey road.
Regarding animation, I haven't read all this but one thing I'm seeing is that your mostly using 2 frames in which everything moves at once.
Try separating the pieces and moving them separately at their own rates.
For example the tail pipes can vibrate quickly from side to side, and add some smoke puffs for effect.
You can try subpixeling the main body to give the impression of it changing angle rather than just up and down.
Then you can have the turret section bounce up and down in delayed reaction to the main body movement at say half the rate.
On all pieces you can try subpixeling into outline by making it green some frames (try half way between highlight and black), dunno if thats a good idea but worth a shot.
BTW, I LOVE the little soldier guys they're awesome!
Would love to see them running around with guns, ducking for cover, throwing grenades etc
