recrewing weapons

[derbius]

It's more than a little frustrating that while you can get ordnance out of a halftrack using "acquire" I haven't been able to see how inf wandering around the battlefield can be encouraged to pick up and use abandoned LMGs, bazookas and panzerfausts. Do they do this automatically if they are in the right location without being told to? I have no evidence of this yet.

On similar grounds although I can see that there might be gamey-ness in allowing gun crews to bail out then recrew, would it not be reasonable (if not yet technically possible) for mortar ammo bearers to crew abandoned mortars or AT gun ammo bearers to crew ATGs?

[womble]

It's more than a little frustrating that while you can get ordnance out of a halftrack using "acquire" I haven't been able to see how inf wandering around the battlefield can be encouraged to pick up and use abandoned LMGs, bazookas and panzerfausts. Do they do this automatically if they are in the right location without being told to? I have no evidence of this yet.

Yes, infantry can pick up infantry weapons from other downed infantry. It's part of "Buddy Aid", which is one of the 'automatic actions'. The manual talks about the conditions under which it applies.

On similar grounds although I can see that there might be gamey-ness in allowing gun crews to bail out then recrew, would it not be reasonable (if not yet technically possible) for mortar ammo bearers to crew abandoned mortars or AT gun ammo bearers to crew ATGs?

I think ammo bearers are just blokes roped in to fetch and carry. I'd like, though, for a near-intact crew (with a K.Oed gun) to be able to merge with or replace the badly depleted crew of an intact one of the same mark and platoon...