[thatguy96]

I've learned that in game its better to treat "kills" at all levels (with the possible exception of shot down aircraft, rotary and fixed wing) as simply rendering the unit combat ineffective. Infantry "killed" might not actually be dead, but be critical casualties, or any of a number of possibilities rendering them ineffective as members of their unit.

Vehicles and their crew can be though about in much the same way. The problem is that the "destroyed" counter in game for this shows the vehicle burning, when this might not necessarily have been the case. Assaulting infantry need not necessarily blow up a vehicle for it to be "killed" in the game sense.