Question: oddity when arty shoots at loaded infantry / gun

[jivemi]

Originally Posted by Imp

All that happens when the vehicle escapes unscathed but the passengers don't which happens with standard infantry weapons as well as artillery is the blast or gunfire was not strong enough to cause major damage to the vehicle but went straight through the window/ canvas cover & killed the occupants.

Also happens with armoured vehicles on occasion when hit, passengers die but vehicle is fine. Shot either passed straight through killing them or exploded in compartment without other major damage.

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!