I am a what could be called a huge WWII buff and have been since I was knee high to a grasshopper. In the books I have read regarding the use of WP rounds in the recent past I found more than a few referrences to the heavy use of WP. In Normandy in 1944 we used it to clear the corners of hedgerows of the crisscrossing machine gun nests the Germans would setup to ambush our soldiers. The shermans would fire a round or two of WP into each corner of the opposite side and the rake the opposite bank with the .50 cal and some standard HE rounds. The second instance was the technique used when the first Tiger tanks showed up in front of the light shermans. A WP round was fired directly into the front of the Tiger. It of course didn't penetrate but, the crew inside thought they were on fire and they would bail out. A sherman in the first fight vs togers "knocked" 2-3 tigers out without a penetrating shot!! I the guide for the game you mention it might unbalance the game unfairly to the Americans...but have you ever had multiple rounds from a td-10 tank destroyers 76mm gun fired from less than 100m shatter upon impact with a Tiger and some hull down Panthers?? If anythnig was unfair in that war it was the lack of adequate armor we had....the german high velocity 75's tore through our shermans, which they called brunsons after the brand of cigarette lighter, as they always burned on the first attempt, much like the lighter. Please reconsider this decision and make a mod for the game or in CMII create the ability to shoot these rounds.
