mg42 gunner Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Is it possible to run infantary over with tanks or did the developes leave that out ? After all running over infantary was a importaint part of tank vs infantary combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenSplatton Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 In a word, nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtaskagain Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Yet another word, SEARCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 The MOD guys have bloody tank track fixes waiting for you on their websites. The file is CRUNCHIES.bmp. Good luck. You have a great future here at the board. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fieldmarshall Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 ............Trust me MG-42...someone like Maximus is going to pop their evil head around the corner, and when he is done there will only be the mg-42...no gunner.But I suggest you check your combat mission manual...has alot of the answeres you seek, so does the [*]search button....have fun with CM... -Field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg42 gunner Posted August 26, 2001 Author Share Posted August 26, 2001 For your info my search button is ****ed up and no im not a newb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fieldmarshall Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Didnt say you were...search sucks I know..its just that this has been discussed on and off for a year..no harsh feelings man..didnt want a fight, didnt mean to anger you.. --Field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Hello As to tanks running down individuals... It's not in but, there are moral effects for having an AFV overrunning your infantry. The thing about that though is the tanks get rather skittish as well having infantry so close to them. They tend to just want to stay alive rather than dish out the pain as I envisioned them to do before hitting go. I remember getting absurd amounts of kills for my stug's and such in CC1 by running over troops. Don't think it was very realistic,but it was definitely fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 The average infantryman would just get the hell out of the way...remember, the squad is not pinned to the exact center where its icon is. You can safely assume that all 12 men are not standing there in a neat row waiting to be run over. They are probably hiding in a ditch with a hand grenade that they're gonna try and roll under that tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Here are a couple of the previous discussions on the subject: can we flatten them?? BTS und truppen: Since AFVs can't grind infantry could we...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YECoyote Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 I had german troops running underneath my Churchill to hide from my main gun. Damn those gamey germs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg42 gunner Posted August 26, 2001 Author Share Posted August 26, 2001 I understand what you said amout infantary running in A Sence. But what about imbobile machine guns that stay were they are or routed troops. That just hid they would be easy targets for tank running over people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 I toured the armoured corps museum in Borden with one of the volunteers/curators when I was there this summer. I actually got sit in the driver's seat of a T-55, as well as clamber around on some other WW II types. Tank drivers can't see anything. They have a vision block or periscope that lets them see a few degrees straight ahead - they have no peripheral vision at all, and most tanks in WW II wouldn't let the driver see at least 20 feet in front of the tank - this was all dead space. Factor in dust, smoke and other obstructions, as well as his fear, claustrophobia with hatches down, the disorientation he must have felt from the noise of the engine, having to strain to hear through his headset what the TC was telling him... As it was explained to me, a tank driver relies on a) his guages - to know when to change gears, for example, his speed, etc. his tank commander - to tell him where to go Having actually sat in the driver's seat, I have to tell you - I got the impression that there is little way any tank driver could target one person, or an entire squad of infantry, and get them under the tracks of his vehicle without being very lucky. You just wouldn't be able to see to do it. And I should suspect that by 1944, most tank crews were a little shy of closing with enemy infantry to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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