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I've seen several "tanker" versions of otherwise normal firearms.
Not a single one, so far, has actually been issued to tank crews.
The primary tanker small arm is a pistol.
In my short few years as a tanker that was an M1911A1 and an M9 (with a sidetrack to Glock 17).
The tank might also have some extra guns too, but they're not special versions.
I learned how to shoot the M3A1 "greasegun" on the off chance I was assigned to a unit that still had M60's because that tank was issued a couple for the crew.
The loader was assigned an M16 in the Abrams. Trained on the M16A1 in OSUT and issued an M16A2 in Germany.
Lots of photos of M48A3's in Vietnam show greaseguns and M16's laying on top of the turret near the hatches.
I am not sure if Thompsons were issued to tank crews in WW2, but the grease gun was issued both there and Korea.
But all of the weapons you find with tankers from WW2 on have been something issue and nothing created special for armored crew use.
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