Patton21 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Do the rear facing machine guns on some of the russian tanks fire? One of my tanks had a german infantry squad run up behind it for 100 meters and throw a charge on it. Bam! The tank was destroyed, and the rear machine gun did not do anything. You think this is alcohol related or just careless russian drivers or...? Or really lucky german soldiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammenwerfer Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Was the crew engaging targets in front of it? There is not a dedicated operator for that Mg... [ June 13, 2003, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Flammenwerfer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 There is no extra crewman serving the rear MG, so chances are that nobody was at that MG (or even spotted the infantry approaching). If a tank is using its main armament, it usually cannot at the same time use the rear MG. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 I had a wierd thing happen once, I ordered a KV-1 to fire its MG at some infantry so it decided to rotate the turret around and fire the rear turret MG at them. :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Bizarre. But that is what I love about CMBB is the fact that units sometimes do odd things. I have only seen the rear MG shoot once and that was cos the tank was immobilised and my tank hunters were sneaking up behind it to put a banana in the exhaust pipe or whatever they do to huge steel machines to destroy them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juardis Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 So how would you use the rear facing MG? I assume you'd have to run out of ammo on the front facing MG then target a unit without using the main gun? I could see where that would force the use of the rear facing MG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Originally posted by Juardis: So how would you use the rear facing MG? I assume you'd have to run out of ammo on the front facing MG then target a unit without using the main gun? I could see where that would force the use of the rear facing MG. All your MG's use up the same ammo stock. Anyway, the rear MG is used automatically if they see someone behind the turret and they're not too busy with the forward weapons. Like, say, if German tank hunters are approaching it from behind. There is no way to force it, it is just an insurance policy, really, like the Nahverteidigungswaffe in some German AFV's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Tank machineguns don't run out of ammo separately (except for big roof-mounted heavy mgs, of course). They all use the same stockpile of ammo so you can't run out of ammo on the front mg and switch to the rear mg. "You" can't use the rear facing mg, but "they" can. Your crew will elect to use it when they think circumstances dictate (which isn't very often), in much the same way they decide their own main gun ammo usage. I figure if you've got yourself in a position where your tank has to use its rear mg you're not doing your job very well. [ June 16, 2003, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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