tankgeezer Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 My Chaffee squares away at some infantry occupying a two story building and begins to receive some small arms fire (it’s unbuttoned). A couple of rounds ‘ricochet into the opening’ (commanders hatch). Nobody is hit but the crew bails out anyway and the tank shows knocked out with no indication in the damage panel what got hit. Not real sure how two rifle rounds could K.O. a tank or is this just the worst luck in the world? Hope this doesn’t turn out to be a bug exclusive to the Chaffee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightops Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 11 minutes ago, tankgeezer said: My Chaffee squares away at some infantry occupying a two story building and begins to receive some small arms fire (it’s unbuttoned). A couple of rounds ‘ricochet into the opening’ (commanders hatch). Nobody is hit but the crew bails out anyway and the tank shows knocked out with no indication in the damage panel what got hit. Not real sure how two rifle rounds could K.O. a tank or is this just the worst luck in the world? Hope this doesn’t turn out to be a bug exclusive to the Chaffee. Manned by Italian troops perhaps? Seriously, I share your frustration at troops below veteran tending to be very quick to bail out... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgeezer Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 But my boys were locked into the Veteran mode in the setup, which is why I was so surprised. The Chaffee displayed the 'pop smoke' indicator for just an instant, then went dead. If I read correctly, crews were are now more likely to button up quicker when under fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Maybe the rifle fire hit the smoke dischargers and triggered them, the crew saw smoke coming through the ventilators, thought the tank was on fire and bailed.....This kind of thing really did happen! Unlikely TBH, but it is one explanation you could use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Do you have a save? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgeezer Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 No, unfortunately I'm several turns past that incident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 This might be anecdotal, but for the sake of the argument I'll post it. In a QB PBEM I'm playing my opponent has a Panther and a Tiger with Veteran, Leadership+1, Normal/High motivation that act in a cowardly way we haven't seen before. Their biggest threat are regular Shermans. Despite this, as soon as they are shot at by a tank that might miss or hit but no penetration/armor spalling/subsystem damage/injured crew they immediately and repetedly pop smoke and retreat. Even with front facing the threat. It has now in total happened some 5-6 times in short succession every time there is an engagement. Since @tankgeezer mentioned a brief "pop smoke" indication before his crew bailed maybe there is something post 4.0 that triggers the pop smoke/retreat algorithm too soon. We have saves from both sides of our QB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveNoMore Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I'm the unlucky commander of the Tiger and Panther in the battle with Rocketman. And to reinforce what he said, the first time either of the tanks spotted a Sherman, without taking fire, they popped smoke and retreated. In most cases if they do fire at the Sherman, it is with the MG, not main gun. Now they both have taken ricochet hit with absolutely no damage! Still Veteran with +1 but now Rattled. It's very frustrating! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1000 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 another reason why I would like to see which components on a tank are damaged or out out of service when crew bails or game ends. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, user1000 said: another reason why I would like to see which components on a tank are damaged or out out of service when crew bails or game ends. +1, wanted this a long time for "after battle forensics". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 This sounds like a 1 in a million fluke to me, which sucks. However there is no way to confirm that without a save. Testers need the save in order to see what happened and to begin to diagnose the issue, if there is an issue. If there's a chance that the turn is floating around in a drop box or recycle bin somewhere on your computer (if you are playing MP) it would help the testers out a ton. Otherwise you might have just gotten extremely unlucky. If you're playing single player and that tank was crucial, you can always restart the battle or revert to a previous save if you have one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I've had crews freak out when they're getting incoming fire that they have no clue where its coming from. In modern war and eastern front titles a hidden AT sniper rifle is especially useful at provoking that. Its unusual for a crew to panic & bail and the vehicle to go K.O., though. Usually its just 'dismounted'. A real-world theory, a holed fuel tank and petrol leaking into the fighting compartment might turn a tank interior into someplace nobody wants to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 The Chafee entered the war very late when it was clear the Nazis were defeated and the war would end soon. Tank crew bailed caused they didn't want to become casualties when the war was going to end anyway in a few weeks or months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I have seen idetincal behaviour. Can't remember the exact vehicle but it was a turret less tank of some variety. It's appeared in the fourth mission of the Kampfgruppe Engel campaign. Wasn't amused. Pretty average losing a tank to rifle rounds in a campaign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 tankgeezer, Here is the interior of a Chaffee, minus the driver's compartment covered in a subsequent video. A point to consider is human nature when trapped in confined spaces with, say, a hornet. What do you instinctively do? Exactly. Now, imagine the hornets are traveling some 2500 fps or so, have entered a far more confined space than a room and are lethally bouncing about a room consisting mostly of metal, with some humans stuffed inside, too. Logic dictates staying put, but human nature is instinctive, reactive and instantly mandates getting out of Dodge. Now! Though I have absolutely zero proof, my suspicion is that something has happened to the tank which isn't being reported out on the Damage Panels (where I'd look were I at BFC), though it would have to be something like a penetration of turret hydraulics to cause such a result. Crews have a great fear of the stuff, since it's highly flammable. There is no exposed fuel tank, oil tank; are no associated pipes and whatnot, for that's in a very substantial firewall protected engine compartment. While the gun could still be used with backup mechanical systems, would you stay in the tank if you'd just been hosed down with high pressure hydraulic fluid, which may well cause choking, too? Imagine three people, at least, in an almost completely sealed tiny space. Pump failure is one thing, but to have what I described happen would be something else altogether. On a separate note, the loading arrangements on this tank may be worse than those on a T-34/76, and I thought those were bad. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMac Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Yeah, we all try to come up with things to try and rationalize game behavior... My suspension is that there is some sort of coding issue that's overlooked...Hmm, I wonder if it has anything to do with v4 and having troops break easier mid turn under small arms, and it's finding its way into Light/Open top vehicles. Joe Edited April 2, 2017 by JoMc67 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 6 hours ago, JoMc67 said: My suspension is that there is some sort of coding issue that's overlooked...Hmm, I wonder if it has anything to do with v4 and having troops break easier mid turn under small arms, and it's finding its way into Light/Open top vehicles. My suspicion is that you may be on to something there. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A co Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If the Chaffee was 'Knocked Out" then it's the damage model involved, nothing crew reaction could affect. Small arms fire in the game which gets through a hatch has a chance of immobilizing or, apparently, knocking out a vehicle. How small that chance is, and whether it's set at a level we'd like, I don't know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Exactly what @A co said. So far we have one report of a vehicle being locked out. One. Anyone else willing to say the have see it too? Anyone got a game save? I personally have never seen it. I have seen small arms fire enter and cause a crew casualty once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) 15 hours ago, JoMc67 said: Yeah, we all try to come up with things to try and rationalize game behavior... My suspension is that there is some sort of coding issue that's overlooked...Hmm, I wonder if it has anything to do with v4 and having troops break easier mid turn under small arms, and it's finding its way into Light/Open top vehicles. Joe v4 can't be the sole reason as I have seen the exact same occurrence with a different tank (German) from a CMBN module well before v4 came along. It could have even been before v3. The tank was also destroyed so something more than panicky crew is involved. It was a long time ago but from memory there is some type of penetration warning as well. Edited April 3, 2017 by Peregrine repetition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1000 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) I'm surprised he fit in there tankers were tiny manlets, made them easy to hide when bailing and fast moving hard to spot when running away. Edited April 20, 2017 by user1000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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