Kanonier Reichmann

I would suggest that the reason for this is that the hull MG port is located towards the side of the hull while the game always simulates an opposing gunner firing at centre of mass, meaning the gun gets hit a lot while the MG port gets hit very rarely. It would be an interesting test once a Grant becomes available (possibly via the East Front?) whether the 75mm main gun suffers from gun hits anywhere near as much as a normal tank with its gun in the central turret.

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KR

To me it comes down to the 'reasonableness' test. Is it reasonable to assume that the Germans were prepared to redesign the mantlet of the Panther and retool their production lines to include the chin mantlet if the Panther rounded mantlet was not a cause for concern through losses? The delay in production to incorprate the redesign alone was no doubt of concern yet they still went ahead with incorporating the design.

Is it reasonable that the Germans would go through all this rigamorole if the shot trap was as vanishingly rare as indicated in the CMx2 tests Vanir has run? Common sense tells me a resounding no! End of story.

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KR.

Hi John.

That article on the Medal of Honour matter doesn't really answer the question of how a new weapon system could increase its effectiveness against the enemy by up to 50% due to the element of the unknown causing morale problems to troops on the receiving end. I think you'll need a different example to reference the point made about new weapons!

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KR