DavidFields Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 So...I have some german infantry directly--within 10 meters-- in front of an M-10 tank destroyer. I see the barrel of the gun move down to an extreme lowered position. Boom. A big crater in front of the AFV. (misses my infantry) The M-10 is immediately abandoned. Could it have caused its own abandonement? I could not find anything else shooting at the tank destroyer. Visibility was low--50 meters (Enough is Enough scenario). Could a big HE explosion cause a crew to leave their vehicle, even if it was their own shell? I realize I could probably test this, but I am at work, and I want to continue my current scenario when I get home (Hello 2nd Armored). I almost made the subject of this thread "Self-abandonement", but that just sounded too odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucho Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 That´s possible. I remembered losing a Hummel that way in CMBO. Another option may be the use of an AT-Mine by the german squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerxes Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 oh yeah, you blew yourself up. Happens quite easily with the light armored + large gun afvs. It's really good if the crew is trying to thread the needle past a nearby house, hit the house, shrapnel hits them and they all abandon. If you check the kill screen they probably got credit for killing themselves. Seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDork Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 I was playing a BO PBEM once and had a M24 Chafee fire on a building from like 3 meters and immobilized itself. Very incovenient since it didn't have any good LOS on the rest of the battle it just sat there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigrii Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 I have had self-immolating Hummels several times in CMBB. The kill record gave them credit for themselves! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Thin vehicles with .50cals also do this. This is the only area where I miss a CM model for max gun depression. A Hummel couldn't fire in front of its own feet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidFields Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Thanks for the replies. I wonder how the victory points were counted with the self-loss of that M-10? Does the calculation of victory points look at relative "losses" or relative "kills"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschugaschwili Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Originally posted by redwolf: This is the only area where I miss a CM model for max gun depression. A Hummel couldn't fire in front of its own feet. Most self-destructing Hummels are probably lost to shells hitting the edge of the house they're hiding behind, but you have a point here. Dschugaschwili 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripps Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Originally posted by redwolf: Thin vehicles with .50cals also do this. This is the only area where I miss a CM model for max gun depression. A Hummel couldn't fire in front of its own feet. Does not matter I guess, I had a hummel abandon after shooting a house 30 meters away! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Puppchen Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 I had the same problem with the US GMC gun carriage - it knocked itself out. Also got credit for this, as well, in the kill section On a more realistic note, as defender my AT guns have been abandoned when they were setup behind houses that were reduced to rubble - apparently the rubble fell on them and knocked them out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCOIC Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I had a Sherman brew up a Marder once, which caused another Marder 20 meters away to bail out aswell. Thought it was funny, had never seen that happen before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegoose Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 after battle , click on the inf, and hit enter, then go to kills report see if they killed it, also see the kills report for the tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monwar Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 Originally posted by BigDork: I was playing a BO PBEM once and had a M24 Chafee fire on a building from like 3 meters and immobilized itself. Very incovenient since it didn't have any good LOS on the rest of the battle it just sat there. Heh heh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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