No you are entirely correct. I'm sure he didn't mean Tamiya either. LOL .It's just really unusual to see a Russian TC. I don't even recall ever seeing many photos of any. It is a very nice piece though. I would like an American TC for my Tamiya Pershing. I like the American tank crew helmets and the hip waiter like coverall's they wore.
Yhe thing about the apple with German TC's is they did ride "heads up" most of the time in combat and the apple actually takes away authenticity for a German tank .I saw a guy that made the TC figure into an apple one time. It looked great and worked quite well too. Thats what Tamiya should do. Design new "apples" with the receivers and LED's integrated into the figure. That would be really kool I think.