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No, not OH National Guard. This happened at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia in 1989. Yes, it seems funny that tanks have periscopes, doesn't it?

Patton's Best taught me a lot about how tanks operate. Which crewman looks where, what a ready rack is, advancing fire, hull down, periscopes, crew SMGs, wet storage, why tanks have coax mgs, smoke dischargers, HVAP ammo, etc. Deserves to be updated and expanded.

In my PBEM game, I told one of my HQs to move 1 turn too late.... boom! [:-]

I plan on creating a spreadsheet in the activity log format from one of the field manuals to remind me to MOVE every so often.

MY artillery guys are smart enough to move on their own which I never countermand anymore.

Did you ever have to fight any SU-100's? Mine did a lot, and a King Tiger..

re: hitting the doghouse (primary sight periscope armored cover)

The effect on the vehicle and crew depends on the munition hitting it. Small arms fire would likely just disable the sight.

Hit with a tank gun, ATGM, HEAT rocket, or small caliber auto cannon? Likely to give the gunner a face full of sight parts and make him (and possibly others) KIA. Potential ammunition event, too.

sugdenjw: - you are right, of course, in that any large caliber hit could potentially cause massive damage. I would not want to be the gunner looking through that when it happened!