Gamer58 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I noticed in Combat Mission 2.0 the Pz IVs (seen in CMFI) have a wooden box looking part of the front left upper hull near the side viewing port. It sure looks wooden to me. What is contained in that box and why? Also, did Pz IVs not have smoke launchers? What is with that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karabekian Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 A jack block? The solid wooden block on some tanks. As for smoke launchers, it depends on the tank and time of manufacture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake_eye Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 A jack block? The solid wooden block on some tanks.QUOTE] That is right, it was used to prevent the jack to sink into the ground and also as an extension of the jack, when pushing a damaged track out of the way of its support rollers as seen on some pictures.:cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Germans had trouble with their smoke candles. It was apparently too easy for the smoke round to be ignited by incoming fire, the resulting smoke would enter the fighting compartment and make the tank virtually uninhabitable. After loosing a couple tanks that way they stopped using them. The US used that problem to their advantage, they got into the habit of firing smoke shells at the otherwise unbeatable big cats. At the least they'd blind them, at best they'd force the crew to bail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer58 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Thanks 4 the replies. Also, Tiger turret S Mine discharter/anti infantry grenades - modeled in game? Also, how to they jack a 60 ton tank? With 4 jacks from the platoon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 CM models the turret roof Nahverteidigungswaffe, yes. But it doesn't launch S-mines. The S-mines were launched from 5 separate launchers around the hull on Tigers built from December 42 to September 43. The S-mines aren't included that I've seen. You don't really jack up a tank. You jack individual road wheels, bogies, or torsion bars to do maintenance on the suspension. As to the original question, I can't anything that shows the Pz IV ever had the smoke dischargers. Early models had ports in the turret roof. The late H and J models, which are what you should see in CMRT, were supposed to have the Nahverteidigungswaffe though supply shortages prevented many of them from being installed. The Panther D had the smoke dischargers in early 1943, but like on the Tiger they were dropped in the summer of that same year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer58 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Got it. Re the S Mine disharger: Understood, although are any other anti infantry grenades modeled in tanks in CM X2? Did they exist? I recall they did on some tanks. Did they? Re the Panthers/other tanks without smoke: That would really really suck being in a tank without smoke capabilities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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