US turreted TD has this motto. If you're being shot at, you're doing it wrong.

If you hit the armor 90 degrees flat, it will less likely to bounce.

Where to shoot on a kv? Fire the MACHINE GUN ports (radioman position) in front, or fire the machine gun port behind turret (will ammo rack if lucky). Fire tracks ONLY if you think you can get back up or take cover. If you use HE shells, try to place the shot directly underneath the tank.

what tier light tank u using?
British tier 4 convenenter is really a nice tank to use, mount with Pom Pom gun, go out, take 4 fast shots to enemy, and hide back to cover, ur gun is fast, so u can fire more round when ur enemy is reloading. if 1 on 1 with heavy, turn around them, their turret not going to chase ur speed ( Few T5 heavies see i am tier 4 light tank and want to have some bite on me, end up i dapao them)

tier 5 crusader, i would say that going to be a hard time for u to grind till tier 6, it's slower than Convenenter, but damage about the same, pen i will say is ok, accurace a bit dissapointed,  ur advantage is high fire rate (27 round / min), try not to scout too often with this, u r too slow, let other scout tank do the job (used to damage tiger and T29 with this tank, but i still prefer convenenter compare to crusader )

u need to remember, u are light tank,not heavy or medium, so dun engage face to face with medium and heavy, or thinking to have high number of kill. what i do normally is to spotting in bushes, or if there is chance, go give some annoying shot to enemy's tank when they engaging with ur teammate, to attract them to turn their gun on ur direction, ur teammate will have higher chance to take out the enemy.

lastly, untill cromwell... u can mount the crusader gun on it, u need patient to unlock the track, engine, 2nd turret and 75mm gun (i unlock engine 1st, coz speed is the key advantage of this tank.)

Dun play play....so high win rate.

Ur ARL44      Total 22 Games win 17 games....that almost 70% win rate.
You might one day over pass me.....haha