Does HMG ignore armored targets and fire only soft targets?
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 2:13 am
I was testing an scenario that I’m designing and the following happened:
I had placed a French defensive position consisted in heavy machineguns and ATG.
Germans started the attack with some PzIII and a PzGd Mech. Plt.
When I moved the German units within the area covered by French weapons I was surprised that only the ATG opened fire … no HMG fired! (and they were there … I had placed there!)
After a few turns I realized that HMG only starting fire to my infantry when I download it from the HT! But no French HMG spent a single bullet neither with my PzIII nor with my HT. In fact, I realize that the following use to happen: I had a HT and a Rifle sqd. In the same hex, and there was a couple of French HMG say five hexes from them … if I fired to one of them with the HT, none of them answered fire … but as soon as I started to shot with the Rifle sqd … both of them started to fire back to my men!
Then I modified the scenario and changed the PzGd Mech Plt for a MOTOR one.
This time, the HMG opened fire against my Trucks as soon as they saw them … causing serious casualties among my troops!
I have been playing SPWaW since a long time … but I had never realized about HMG ignoring armor targets and firing only soft ones … is this a new feature in 7.x? or was always there and I had never noticed it?
I had placed a French defensive position consisted in heavy machineguns and ATG.
Germans started the attack with some PzIII and a PzGd Mech. Plt.
When I moved the German units within the area covered by French weapons I was surprised that only the ATG opened fire … no HMG fired! (and they were there … I had placed there!)
After a few turns I realized that HMG only starting fire to my infantry when I download it from the HT! But no French HMG spent a single bullet neither with my PzIII nor with my HT. In fact, I realize that the following use to happen: I had a HT and a Rifle sqd. In the same hex, and there was a couple of French HMG say five hexes from them … if I fired to one of them with the HT, none of them answered fire … but as soon as I started to shot with the Rifle sqd … both of them started to fire back to my men!
Then I modified the scenario and changed the PzGd Mech Plt for a MOTOR one.
This time, the HMG opened fire against my Trucks as soon as they saw them … causing serious casualties among my troops!
I have been playing SPWaW since a long time … but I had never realized about HMG ignoring armor targets and firing only soft ones … is this a new feature in 7.x? or was always there and I had never noticed it?