A few years ago Greek infantry did have a drill that you had to be run over by a tank (between the tracks of course, not pancaked by them), so a disciplined foe should be able to avoid a charging tank. Now if said tank decides to stop right on top of you and do a pivot turn 360 degrees is a different matter altogether...

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I know for certian,Iraqi's surrendered in huge numbers in 1991 annd 2003, when faced against an M1 and it's accompaing forces,no need to grind them into hamburger;)

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But i'm totally off topic sorry:)

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Gila I would guess its a last ditch attempt to stop them as infantry that close are dangerous. In an ideal world you never let them get that close but just in case they do you drill to throw everything at them including running them over. Moving makes far more sense if it happens to make boarding more difficult & if you miss them it will keep them occupied & scare the heck out of em. As to diving under the tank hope the grounds flat or theres a depression.

As to it in game as a wish why the tank already fires everything at them & as I think Mobhack said they have to do a tank check. It should be a crew decision anyway out of the hands of the player as the AI would have to be able to do it. But at this scale what diffrence would it make you might occasionally run over a few men, but on the flip side from what ginger tanker said at the risk of exposing a crew member to small arms fire.

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As gingertanker said it is better to fire at a distance and kill the threat,,if you got in such a jam you are forced to run over grunts, then shame on you.
But anyway it's just a game,not the geneva rules on humanitity and surrendering, i really could care less if making hamburger of routed grunts were implemented:)

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everything imp said is correct. also Imp we have a infantry boarding drill as well. its called disco drill. bascially place a hand grenade on the turret, close hatch, rotate 360 while shooting WP, than the other tanks in your platoon machinegun the hell out of you.

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The game has to be somewhat balanced for all,even if it does not reflect all the uber tactics of your beloved nation.

You are pushing hard only for the IDF policy,what about the rest of the world?

Should not all other nations get the same consideration on thier policies as well, if the IDF gets it's way?

A big mess and mulpitle complaints in store IMO, if that were the case.:shock:

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there is no need for sarcasem or bold letter:). I am not pushing for anything, the moment Andy implied its not going to happen i accepted it and thanked him for his reply, as you can see. At which point you made two arguments, one of which is absurd in my honest opinion(that running people over is grisly. sir i dont know how many gunshot wounds you have seen, but they arnt exactly humane or kind on the eyes. let alone arty shrapnel and thermo-baric weapons). The second argument you made was that it is probably not possible. From that point on i was arguing about the possibility and feasibility of it in real life, not in the game. Not one word have i said about the game since. The fact is I know personally several people who actually ran over infantry in combat, so your opinions, based on what ever they are based, dont match reality as i know it. As far as you "subtle" hints that i want to make this possible out of some bizzar in game patriotisem, well, i can just laugh. Because A) i hardly play as israel in the game. B) even if i do, i dont really give a damn, its just a game.

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Running over someone bent on killing you in a most unpleasant way is part of war and has been since tanks took to the battlefield it's just rarely discussed.

The short answer has already been given by Andy. The scale of the game does not lend itself to one tank targeting one infantryman but it does bring forth a couple ideas that might benefit the game that I will discuss with Andy.

That said, this has been dragged out in ways it shouldn't have so I'm ending it here

Don