M4A1 Sherman 7,62mm MG won´t work

[sPA505]

hi guys. after a few very rough moments against a panzer IV, i was able to save this sherman by pulling it back behind a bocage hedge. just fine. the crew was unfortunately decimated by the enemy fire and most weapon systems are down. but a mg should still work. but i can't give the sherman a fire / attack command. neither via "t" nor via "y" (target light). the morale of the tank crew is ok...i don't know. what did i miss? thanks for hints. i can use the extra firepower of the sherman mg on the battlefield. got over 4k .30rounds onboard, so...

 

[chuckdyke]

Is this in good faith? Red means out of action. My guess is you lost 2 crew members one manned the bow machine gun reason it doesn't work. . All of the fighting compartment is out of action. Two things you can do bail out or reverse somewhere safe. I would bail out and in real life destroy the tank. Loader gunner they lost the main gun and the co axial. The driver won't operate the bow machine gun. 

Edited October 24, 2022 by chuckdyke

[sPA505]

hey chuckdyke, thanks for the answer. in my naive imagination i assumed that gunner or loader would man the mg (one 7.62mm mg still working / green)...but with your explanation it makes sense. thanks a lot!

[chuckdyke]

4 minutes ago, sPA505 said:

thanks a lot!

You're welcome, there are things in real life which you can't do in CM. One of them is swapping responsibilities. You can't even bail out a green crew and let an experienced crew who immobilized their tank mount their tank. This was one of my frustrations.