Sanok Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 While playing the Germans against the Polish in a quick battle, I just had a Panzer IVJ destroyed by small arms fire from an infantry squad at 73 meters. What's up with that? I replayed the turn and watched the infantry squad walking towards some scattered pines, turn to the left to face the tank, raise their rifles and fire for one second, and return to their course as the panzer erupted in flames. I checked the squad's weapons and they had eight rifles, one submachine gun and a light machine gun. I'm baffled at this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 It is not necessarily the infantry squad that destroyed the tank. If there was another unseen enemy targeting the tank, it could hit and destroyed the tank, and you would be none the wiser. It may just be coincidence that the infantry squad was firing at the tank at the same time. AFAIK, infantry squads cannot destroy fully armored tanks (as opposed to open-topped vehicles) with small arms fire, and 73m is too far for them to take out a tank with a grenade, Demo Charge, or Gammon Bomb, or even a Rifle Grenade (which Polish Squads don't have anyway), so I think the above is the most likely explanation. Cheers, YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanok Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 I also thought that it had to have been another unit I never saw, like a PIAT. It was just a shocking and amazing coincidence to see the tank suddenly turn into a barbecue pit at the exact moment the infantry squad fired at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Yep, there's nothing worse in CM than merrily watching your turn go according to plan when suddenly, without warning... your stomach drops, your mouth opens, and your shoulders slump as you watch your precious AFV burst into flames from some unseen AT unit. :eek: Strangely enough, that's one of the things makes the CM games so much darn fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzertruppe Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Yep...happens to me all the time! I will re-run the battle to see if I can see where the "fatal" shot came from....sometimes you can't. Just check the "kills" for other units in the area to find out who got the kill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 that awefully remembers you to stay away from woods,houses,trees,brushes at least 200 meters specially when you near the enemy line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard R Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I once killed a Panther with 81mm mortar fire. Dropped a shell right into the open turret on the first salvo! I watched the replay from all over the place. Most enjoyable moment I've had playing CMBO. Every other moment has been great, but not quite so good as that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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