foamy Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Anyone know if vehicles travel at the same speed in reverse as they do in "Fast Move" forward ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 My impression is = MOVE speed. A second question would be... is it better, in the case of speed only, to REVERSE, Or to order FAST where the unit must take time rotating and then go forward. There are probably decreasing returns corresponding to the longer the distance traveled. Never seen one back up ...... Toad {that is} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 I believe reverse is faster than Move but slower than Fast. I think this mainly because Move is walking speed and tanks should be able to faster than that in first gear (as they genrally only have one for reverse). As to whether is better to reverse or rotate and fast, well depends on what tank you are in. A BT or a T 26 it would not matter . I would gereally reverse if there was any chance that I might be seen. Nothing like a shell up the tail pipe to make you look silly Cpl Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skolman Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 What about vehicles that have a second driver in the back ? are they faster in reverse ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Dear Cpl C and Skolman Yes it goes w/o saying about the dangers of turning around, but as I said, with respect to speed its the distance factor that is huge. For rearfacing drivers I would expect a fast initial response from the driver and a fast speed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Sorry Toad. Should really read a post before leaping in. Perhaps I should stick to lurking I just ran a quick test. 3 Shermans on pavement, with 3 different instructions. One straight reverse, one fast move, and one with an arc plotted to take it in a circle. The results? Well straight reverse was slowest. Then the fast move. The fastest was the one that had the orders to travel in a half circle. I only ran the test once so YMMV. Of course this probably won't work in CMBB due the the complex orders rule. My 2 cents Cpl Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Dear Cpl Carrot, The wide arc is an interesting twist {no pun intended}. How many way points did you need to plot to get a 180 turn? Apparently the waypoint pause did not slow the tank down too much. Apparently the fastest time between two points may not be a straight line. Toad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 I think I used 4 points. The plot looked like a question mark '?' Someone probably needs to do some more testing, but it is soemthing to keep in mind. Cpl Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 CC, were you testing in BB or BO? The arc move will work better in BO because there are no additional command penalties for extra waypoints in BO. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 It was in CMBO (as stated above ). I have been thinking on it and the results would possibly be different for different tanks. Since the Sherman can't rotate on the spot it would have a slower rotation speed than one that can. Perhaps I need to test out a Churchill or Tiger if I get the chance. Cpl Carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamy Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 I guess there is no single (or simple) answer to my original, rather poorly defined question. The one thing that does come close to what I was looking for is that on a simple straight run, the maximum speed attained is lower in reverse than fast forward. Thankyou all - now let's spin this Churchill around and zoom off to other side of the battle field without being seen or heard !! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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