alexoscar Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 first thing i feel different: QB, December 1941, Crusaders CS only have smoke ammo. How is that possible? Close support tank without any kind of shell to cause damage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Doctrine was to engage infantry targets with MGs - Smoke was used to allow infantry to do their job - close with and kill the enemy. [Edit: it's historically accurate - CS tanks were deployed in an approximate ratio of 8:1} 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexoscar Posted February 8, 2004 Author Share Posted February 8, 2004 but later, we can find CS tanks with shells, did change the doctrine? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone_Vulture Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 As the Cruiser / Matilda series tanks clearly exhibit, the Brits had an odd policy regarding tanks and HE ammunition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Yes, the doctrine was changed after the inability of armour to deal with ATGs at the ranges found in the desert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Brit weapons doctrine is the cause of much jolly banging-head-against-table while playing this game . The combination of snail-slow Infantry tanks in open desert and no main gun HE makes for quite the tactical challenge! U.S. doctrine pretty closely mirrored the Brits at first, with then-Col. Patton writing in a pre-war paper on desert warfare that a tank's mgs were significantly more useful tactically than the main gun! Luckily, the U.S. was able to take advantage of a good many 'lessones learned' watching the war progress before they went into combat themselves. That's half-the fun of CM being date-sensitive. You can witness the march of technology and doctrine as the war progresses! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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