Roland Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 I have now been playing CM for a couple of weeks and have noticed a thing that I think is strange. When a crew abondon their vehicle they don't seem be able to re-occupy the vehicle again. The vehicle is still in useable condition. Why? /Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiJoe Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 BTS answer was to prevent "gamey" tactics... same as for gun crews. I for 1 think they should be able to re-embark functional tanks/guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 I never understood the logic behind the argument that it is perfectly reasonable to expect infantry to break, run, and the rally and get back into the fight, but that crews cannot do the same. In a current PBEM operation, I started with 2 81mm mortars. They got caught in the trees under an artillery barrage, and they both broke and abandoned their weapons. They rallied almost immediately (they only caught the very edge of the barrage). They each lost a single man of their crew, but during a 15 turn scenario, they spent ten turns sitting there, because they refused to re-man their gun. Both weapons were sitting about 20 meters away, far in the rear of the battle area at this point, but they could not walk over and pick it up and continue. After the scenario ended, they were gone. So my opponent took out two 81mm mortars by wounding one man in each crew. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Actually I think you find its been stated by Steve and Charles on the forum that if a crew abandond their gun it is becuase the gun is either damaged and cannot be repaired within reasonable time frame or the crew has been broken and fleed. They can be remanned in an operation between battles though. This was teaked in a patch not too long ago and Ive recently seen a 75mm gun crew hang in to literally the last man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 If both of those mortars were dmaaged beyond repair, then I would submit that the odds of a gun being damaged are a bit too high. Barring a direct hit (which would/should wipe out most of the crew), it should be pretty unlikely to actually damage a gun, especially a mortar. They are not very big or delicate. I really cannot see how two mortars were destroyed with only a single crew casualty. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:USERNAME: Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Crews abandon weapons so as to attract Tiger tanks attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Man Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 That was my gripe b4..I had a driver ko'd and the halftrack just sat in the road the rest of the game..Why cant Other crews join the team and get back into action..I can understand not doing it for Tanks..But unless the vehicle,or Gun is actually destroyed why not ?...Remember in Steel Panthers when the Gun crews would flee from arty...Then come back later and do the job..? Just want to make the great game even better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Panzer, this one was discussed a lot a while back and I personally dont see it changing in the short term. If you do a search on this one and look for responses from Steve or Charles you will see why this was decided not to be added into CM1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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