Well yes, it's a tradeoff, and to a large extent personal preference. Some servers force first-person view. While there's a gimbal camera, some people just prefer windows.

i like the visibility and all, but with the current war im in the enemies are using lots of explosive weaponry and heavy hitting things, so i think ima stick with the more armored pumas instead

but this DOES have some good uses, like scouting missions, recon, etc.
but im currently fighting in urban warfare, so this isn't exactly that useful for the whole situation