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Originally Posted by Ramm
What I want is actually much less, I just want the ability to not use up HEAT when firing against soft targets when I deam that the HEAT ammo is too low to waste.
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You would have to clearly define what those conditions would be in such a way that would be programmable, applicable to all time periods covered by MBT, acceptable to others impacted by the change, realistic to code and fits within priorities Andy and Don have set.
You have to decide when does a soft target warrant just bullets and when do you throw everything you have at it? Consider jeep with a recoilless rifle for instance. This is a soft target, not an ATGM weapon (where another filter could be activated) and is capable of killing some tanks. Would you want to throw less than the maximum at this, considering it could kill your tank, just to preserve the last few HEAT rounds you have,
in case a tank shows up? If you lose that exchange, it won't matter how many rounds you die with. The bigger question is, would other people agree with your assessment? They would be impacted also.
This all gets into a very subjective area. Personally, I believe if it can kill my tank, I need to kill it first. It doesn't matter if I use my last HEAT round to do it. I would probably be inclined to exercise other options first (small arms, MGs, tanks with more ammo, etc.) from other units before going down that road, but if it's my only option I'll take it.
Can that be coded? Yes, there isn't anything that can't be programmed. I don't believe I've ever seen Don or Andy say it
can't be done. Typically, it's too difficult dealing with legacy code and in then end changes little or it falls too much into personal taste and isn't globally excepted. This is their code and they would know best.
That's my 2 cents, again. I think that puts me up to 4 cents
