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narwan said:
Actually, tanks do shoot tanks with mg's and it is very useful, both in the real world and in the game.
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No, you do not shoot at a tank with an MG. If you do that, you will only alarm the enemy tank that they are indeed under fire (if, for example the first main gun round missed and they didn't notice it), plus you will reveal your own position had the enemy not yet seen you.
For these same reasons it is pointless, even stupid, for infantry units to fire at tanks with small arms. Suppression of the tank crew and its sub-systems is not something your average crunchie would think about if faced with an MBT - buttoning up the enemy crew or disabling the commander's periscope is not worth his life. Firing at armored vehicles with small arms that have no or very little chance of actually causing damage is something you would do in panic, from close range. So add those to the panic fire codes, but remove from standard behaviour.
Although I do admit that training, morale, etc. play a factor here. Iraqis have reportedly tried to attack M1A2s with their assault rifles. But again, that's not something you'd expect from a well-trained force that knows what they are doing.
Disabling the tank MGs is not really an option, since that would also exclude the tank from firing at soft targets (reactive fire).