According to the oracle in these matters (my father-in-law), even in late
war, the anti-tank platoon when all else had failed would load up a Bren with AP
rounds and try and hit the same spot on a Panzer (even Panthers). Although there
was no chance of penetration the armour scabbed off inside and made life hell
for the crew - sometimes sufficient enough to make the
Panzer?withdraw.
?
T
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Sounds good to me, there was always a chance that vision blocks or
visors etc would be hit and any calibre bullet whizzing round inside a tank
would make the crew uncomfortable to say the least.
?
Alan
As some of you
may realise their is a function in the rules that
allow rifle sections
to fire on weakly armoured vehicles and drive
them back.? This was
originally written to stop people driving all
over the place in half
tracks, but was then extended to light tanks,
such as the Panzer I/Mark
VIb and so on.?
The way this works is that they rifle section
has makes an anti tank
attack with no strike dice.? This may sound
daft, but the defender
then rolls the number of dice for his armour
class in defence.? If he
gets no "saves" then the result is a
tie.? A D6 is thrown, a 1 or 2
meaning that the vehicle will
withdraw on its next card, i.e. it has
been spooked, probably uncertain
of where his foe is, and wants to
pull back to take a better look.?
3 or 4 means that it must engage
the firer in its next turn, i.e. it
cannot ignore this threat, 5 or 6
it can do what it likes.?
Particularly in the early war we see tanks being held off by sheer
volume of firepower from small arms.? I am considering extending
this
option for firing on all armour.? In that instance even a King
Tiger
could be forced to withdraw if it can't roll a 5 or 6 on its 128
dice
(or whatever it has).?
I've just finished the third
Calais article, and rereading moy notes
I have been amazed at how bloody
scared tank crews obviously got when
resolute defenders stood there and
chucked fire at them.? Any
thoughts?
???
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