Kingfish Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 A question for those in the know and those who love to speculate... Is the fuel trailer for Crocs (Sherman and Churchill) modeled? I'm not talking about the graphical representation, but the actual armor specs. IOW, if you were to shoot at a croc from directly behind, would the computer calculate the fuel trailer or the rear of the tank when computing armor penetration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 Well, it was a dull day, so I tested this out, using 8 church crocs facing away from 4 37mm flak guns and 4 pak38s. I didn't get any trailer hits, but because the croc's rear armor is only 50mm, most of the tanks were knocked out on the first or second round anyway. So I would say that no, the trailer isn't modeled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 It seems BTS modeled that with giving the Sherman Crocodile a bigger silhuette. That is probably the best they could do, since the hit probability seems to be determined only by a single size value, the main silhuette setting, which is used for side shots as well. Certainly there is no modeling of the thin armour which penetration would lead to the loss of the flame capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface21 Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 "Certainly there is no modeling of the thin armour which penetration would lead to the loss of the flame capability." ....or the huge fiery explosion roasting everything around it.Thats way too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward_n_kelly Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by redwolf: It seems BTS modeled that with giving the Sherman Crocodile a bigger silhuette. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Was there a Sherman Crocodile (that is a trailer with flame fuel towed by a flame gun equipped Sherman) developed and deployed for combat ? Where was it used ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 Kingfish, Did you reckon that by putting your croc's trailer in front of the your advancing tank (in our PBEM) might have bamboozled my gunners? Regards, Charl Theron ---------------------------- "Sorry my fine public servants, but I haven't enough of this nectar to pass about willy-nilly." [Comment to policemen who'd pulled him over on suspicion of drunk driving] -- Attributed to actor W. C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted October 20, 2001 Author Share Posted October 20, 2001 Originally posted by WineCape: [QB]Kingfish, Did you reckon that by putting your croc's trailer in front of the your advancing tank (in our PBEM) might have bamboozled my gunners? Regards, Charl Theron Not when I offer you such a sweet side shot like I stupidly did. :mad: BTW, they aren't crocs in our game, but Mark VIIIs. The game I had with a croc was a QB against the AI. I managed to sneak a Stug behind it, only to watch it blow off a track before the croc lit up my Stug. Looking from behind I could not see how the AP shot missed the trailer but hit the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curih Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 I tested this out a little while ago. The trailer is not modelled. I used area targeting 81mm mortars to drop shells all over the trailer and they never registered as hits, just fell right through. CuriH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kingfish: Not when I offer you such a sweet side shot like I stupidly did. :mad: BTW, they aren't crocs in our game, but Mark VIIIs.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Shame on my scouts for ID'ing wrongly, again! They had to much of the stashed wine in the French village I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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