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I've witnessed the same mutinous disregard for direct fire orders with a German AFV. In this instance it was a JagdpanzerIV refusing to fire HE at exposed enemy infantry. I gave the direct fire orders for two turns while my infantry was getting pounded. In desperation I moved the vehicle closer (it was at 150m) hoping that would force the TC to take action to defend his charge. Result: one lost JagdpanzerIV as there was a zook team waiting for a better shot, which it got! I lost my infantry to boot. It is my opinion if the JPIV had fired its HE rounds my infantry could have held its position and rather than getting a draw I might have pulled off a minor victory. Wishful thinking perhaps since my opponent still had some large caliber artillery with my name on it.

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