[DRG]

There are a number of factors that determine crew survival. The "Survivability" number has an effect but it's use is mainly for the vehicle itself. However having a higher Survivability rating does help the crew once the armour is pierced when crew survival is determined as is the penetration ability of the shell that pierced the armour and it's warhead size and the type of shell that did the piercing. Then there's a healthy dose of randomness tossed in as well so the same gun penetrating the same tank over and over and over does not give the same result over and over and over.

The code is not simple. Many, many factors come into play to produce what appears to be a simple result. We have found that making small adjustments can sometimes have totally un-intended consequences so we are more and more living by the adage that " if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and we don't consider the crew survival code broken.

Don