Col Deadmarsh Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I've heard that in real battle, the Allies used WP rounds against the Germs because the smoke produced by them would get sucked into the ventilation system of the German tanks and force the crew to abandon the vehicle. Can anyone confirm this and is this modeled in CM? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehot78 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 afaik, wp rounds can wound/disable dismounts but not tanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I would really like the WP rounds to detonate into an " instant" cloud like some of the smoke discharges in CMBS. Think Fury. Only if it is realistic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I've heard that in real battle, the Allies used WP rounds against the Germs because the smoke produced by them would get sucked into the ventilation system of the German tanks and force the crew to abandon the vehicle. Can anyone confirm this and is this modeled in CM? I think the use was to blind the germans, primarily; if it got sucked in, that was a bonus. I don't believe it's modelled in CM, but then neither is the "instant smoke" generated by WP; it's treated pretty much like base ejection smoke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehot78 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 is wp so incapacitating, even if inhaled in low concentrations? I don't think that in the case the op mentioned, the vehicle ventilation would blow air which was 100% wp into the tank. And, didn't filtration systems exists back then? I doubt that with today's AFVs such situation would arise 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 is wp so incapacitating, even if inhaled in low concentrations? I don't think that in the case the op mentioned, the vehicle ventilation would blow air which was 100% wp into the tank. And, didn't filtration systems exists back then? I doubt that with today's AFVs such situation would arise The bits I've seen suggest that rather than the smoke itself incapacitating the tankers, it was the fear that the smoke was arising from a fire within the tank, with all its pyrotechnic contents that led to paniced abandonment. Though WP smoke is pretty nasty to breathe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mctavish71 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 WP will irritate the eyes, respiration and mucous membranes at fairly light exposure levels. Heavy exposure can burn or even kill. I guess if I was sat in a now blind tank, filling up with the stuff I would be thinking about being elsewhere quite sharply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delliejonut Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) ........ Edited May 4, 2015 by delliejonut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 is wp so incapacitating, even if inhaled in low concentrations? No. If it was, we wouldn't use it as a screening/marking agent the way we do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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