Triumvir

Steve, Just out of curiosity, why isn't Fionn here to respond? It's not somehow related to the "Pull a Fionn" command on CMHQ chat, is it? As for Israeli TCs, they only went to closed-hatch work when they got the Merkavas. If I remember correctly, among the requirements for the Merkava was very good under-armour visibility. When I was in, our armour doctrine was mostly lifted straight from the Israelis, which was why our TCs would always fight open-hatch. It didn't improve their morale much to know that <bignum> percent of TC casualties were fatalities (though the percentage of casualties was roughly the same as for any other combat speciality.) Wherever possible, I keep my TCs open-hatch. I try my utmost to keep infantry sufficiently busy that they don't have time to shoot at that nice big hunk of metal 100m away that's laying the smack down on them. Much like bringing 1800s artillery right up just behind the infantry to give the others a little taste of amatol...

Fionn, are you sure that schreck teams can't run? I distinctly remember shuttling two schreck teams between various points in a village to destroy incoming armour. I think PIAT teams too can run. Note that these results only obtain for short distances since after about 100m, all such teams' status drops to Tired/Weary. As for drivers sticking their heads out, from at least one army's experience using tanks of roughly similar calibre, drivers might continue to keep their heads up when firing takes place simply because it lets them see where they're going. If you've ever sat in the driver's seat of any IFV, you'll probably find that it is _painfully_ hard to see the road ahead. Most of my limited experience has been with M113s, but when you lock down an M113 and try to drive through the periscopes, it gets really hard on the driver.

Whoops, doesn't seem to be happening anymore. Never mind.

Does CMHQ Chat ban people if they stay online without writing? I was playing a game against someone and forgot to disconnect. When I finished up, I wasn't able to connect to the server. Is this a banning thing?