American tank crews were/are taught to use a tow cable for the same purpose. The cable is wrapped around the track, tow hook in the eye and the other end around the cable with the pin holding it in place. Lots easier to handle the tow cable and not mess with ropes/chains and a heavy log on the tracks and mostly when the tank is bellied up, not just bogged down. . Still a "female dog" of a job in 2 feet of soft turf or mud. This is not normally done in a situation where you are under fire. Tank is left in place and retrieved later if the incomming is so intense, or have another tank pull you out, at times using 2 or more sets of cables for distance, or even with two cables going to two tanks if the tank is up to the fenders. .