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Re: Repair vehicle and units

The quickest mobility damage repair that I know of is replacing a tyre on a vehicle. You tow it out of range. You DON'T try to change it under fire. The next quickest is replacing the wheel and tyre on a MPV. You have to jack the bugger up, then remove the remnants of the wheel, check the damage to the axle, and replace it if it's too badly damaged. The whole thing takes at least an hour. More if you're under fire.

troopie.

Re: Repair vehicle and units

I have been thinking about this a lot and I would really like to see more ACRV's added. I know that "recovery and repair" is not modeled in the game nor does it need to be to have these units included.

For example, why not have these recovery vehicles included and have them limited to the same role at the "Tank Transporter". I know they have the capability already to pick up and carry away BUT from a graphic standpoint they look . . . funky and out of place. :D

The idea being they can be there to "drag" immobilized vehicles out of the fray. In scenarios this is no big deal BUT in campaigns they could become very useful in saving a vehicle from being completely lost. They would be especially useful in my Silver Lions II User campaign. ;)

Thoughts?

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Well, no problem modelling them then, right? Just use some Engineering tank icon for them (turretless)...
OOTH what would really be good would be if the bailed out crews had to wait some before remounting - for these cases when they are too suppressed to move but not enough to run away and they remount their damaged vehicle by the turn's end just to be blown to pieces by the enemy ;)

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Originally Posted by Double_Deuce (Post 675156)

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Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan (Post 675172)

be good would be if the bailed out crews had to wait some before remounting - for these cases when they are too suppressed to move but not enough to run away and they remount their damaged vehicle by the turn's end just to be blown to pieces by the enemy ;)

I like thsse two, a lot.

Re: Repair vehicle and units

Use the tank transporter and change the Icon to the Pionierpanzer 1 and you have a close enough M88.

We are not getting involved in recovery in the game beyond what's there now

Don

Re: Repair vehicle and units

Another thing that works is just bailing the crew and taking them to safety via APC, chopper or whatever you have. The tank can be replaced between battles, if it ends up destroyed, but it takes much more time to replace an experienced crew.

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You know I never thought of using the tank transporter to save an immobilised tank lol. Thanks for the idea.

In at least single player campaigns I try to save the crews by having either M113s on standby or a heli or two.

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Originally Posted by DRG (Post 675178)

Use the tank transporter and change the Icon to the Pionierpanzer 1 and you have a close enough M88.

Bah, that would be too easy. :D

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Originally Posted by Wdll (Post 675263)

You know I never thought of using the tank transporter to save an immobilised tank lol. Thanks for the idea.

I try to keep my designing of User Campaigns as faithful to the historical TO&E as possible so had to come up with a way to simulate it. I forgot about the Pionierpanzer icon in the other OOB till Don reminded me.

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You could use the Badger in the Canadian OOB as well. Use whatever's closer to the M88. All that can be manipulated using scenhack

Don