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Default Re: oddity when arty shoots at loaded infantry / gun

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Originally Posted by jivemi View Post
Yeh-heh. Just happened to me in an Spmbt campaign (Russia vs Nato, '86-7) when my precious engineers in a Russian APC came next to US dug-in infantry (it's an assault, natch). The infantry fired something--the message delay was a bit too quick to specify exactly what--which killed or wounded the passengers but spared the crew and vehicle. Stuff happens!
I believe that in an assault the passengers disembark to fight the attacking infantry, so will often take casualties rather than the vehicle.
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