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Originally Posted by RERomine
With respect to only vehicles only, can the be captured "intact"? Will a crew bail out of an undamaged vehicle? I think they will bail out of an immobilized vehicle, but if it's not immobilized they will rout, vehicle and all. I've never paid very close attention to that.
In general, I make a practice of destroying abandoned enemy equipment. Having it come back to life after the crew regained some intestinal fortitude is not something I like to happen.
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Hi Ray,
You are right that in SP vehicles will usually be immobolized or badly damaged before crews bail. However, I've bailed crews from still running vehicles in an attempt to extract the crew on foot.
IRL, vehicles may merely need a track repair or wheel change; but the crew sensibly bailed and ran because they couldn't do this in the middle of the battle, and they no doubt hoped to recover the vehicle later.
Crews will often not have time/ablity (under fire/panicked) to destroy their vehicle, or may choose not to, because they hope to recover it.
The agreement only allows you to use abandoned equipment that finishes the battle under your control, therefore was not recovered.
By choosing not to destroy an overrun piece of kit, you won't gain the points/experience for the KO. But what's a few points when you can get your hands on a slightly used Panther G
Please keep in mind that I generally don't allow the purchase of captured equipment. But this seems a good way - in Campaigns - to utilise this facet of SP.
cheers,
Simon