mg42 gunner Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 I was just curious combat misiion veterans is it possible that infantary can climb on tanks and shoot the drivers through vunerable spots to shock them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumvir Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 Yeah, but it happens about as often as it does in real life. Which is to say, not very. Which makes sense, since if you have ever been near a moving tank, you will know exactly how conscious an infantryman would be of the treads waiting to grab him and turn him into muddy strawberry jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 I'm not a veteran, but I've never seen enemy infantry climb on tanks. Engineers of both sides have stuff they can throw at tanks and sometimes destroy them. And you can probably kill at least tank destroyers, half tracks etc. by throwing a hand grenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 Its abstracted. You maneuver any squad or HQ next to the AFV you intend to kill. Then watch 'High Noon' unfold. You will see the infantry throw handgrenades (or demo charges, if they have them) at the AFVs. the grenades are an abstraction for the close combat going on. This could be Finns shoving logs into tracks, or soldiers of other nations shooting the TC and throwing a grenade down the hatch, or holding a lighter to the petrol tank or whatever infantry does to kill tanks. More often than I would expect they succeed, but that is not difficult, since my expectations are pretty low. Open-topped AFVs die a lot faster. German AFVs sometimes use their Nahverteidigungswaffe too, to blow the infantry apart. Jolly good fun alround in those cases. Pioneers are not more capable, and even HQs can take out tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg42 gunner Posted August 26, 2001 Author Share Posted August 26, 2001 Thanks for the info guys now allied tanks will dread the bocage more than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybeq Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 The game doesn't model an infantry squad climbing aboard a tank to shock it. However a crack or elite sharpshooter is great for popping a tank commander at extreme (600m) ranges, thus shocking it for a while and leaving it permanently buttoned. As you read above an infantry squad is far from helpless when close to a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Speaking of which.. The fact that the AI never unbuttons his tank commanders once they have closed the hatch gives the human player another, quite considerable, advantage. I have no idea why this is the case but I assume it is a matter of technical difficulties, otherwise it is pretty unfair to the poor AI. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tread Head Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 The key to armor victory is finding the enemy first. Ask the Russian who rolled into battle buttoned up, what it cost him....Many a burning '34' to that error, eh? [ 08-26-2001: Message edited by: Tread Head ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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