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Originally Posted by RERomine
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Originally Posted by Mobhack
They are not supposed to join in combat, they are not little Rambos. Their only point is survival.
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Agreed. Unfortunately, combat sometimes joins them. A 8-man crew from a 40mm Bofors can be easily eliminated by a 4-man scout unit because the Bofors crew no longer has their .303 rifles(range 10) and instead have SW .38 revolvers(range 1). The weapon difference makes the crew pretty much helpless to the smaller unit.
I was just curious about it. Thanks for the info Andy  |
Quite frankly, the guns should not have a silly rifle/SMG added - the gunners should be serving the weapon, and not popping off with rifles.
I have crewed the 25 pounder and you can be a gun bunny
or a grunt but
not both simultaneously. But that convention has been there since SP1, and if the gun crew are using personal weaponry then they are likely to be toast quite shortly. Gun crews are "packed" targets so have more chance of a catastrophic multi-person kill event than rifle sections.
However - I am of the type that deliberately abandons guns that may get into a firefight (@ key) with approaching infantry and my crewmen then "hide with pride"... Another use of crews is to go away to come back later when it is safe to do so.
Cheers
Andy