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Originally Posted by Imp
You have just thought stop put in reverse but the skilled guy is long gone, he did not think at all he reacted primal brain & instinct the self preservation bit did it for him. Thats the level you need on the battlefield or that helps you avoid that crash by driving your car through a small gap at speed.
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You've built a good argument for this and I have no intentions of knocking it down. I would simply like to throw a small rock against it.
There were tankers (and other drivers) of all abilities during the war from the veterns with dozens of kills to the new recruit that was thrown into the tank because they were short a gunner or driver, or loader, etc. So there were many people who probably had to think about what they were doing at various times. However, if you want to simulate that I think that the way the game allows this already is appropriate: using "green" formations, large number of units to commander in a platoon, etc.
Now I realize that having one or two new guys in a crew of four or five is not the same as using foruegn equipment. I'm reminded of the movie "U-571" where the one submarine guy that speaks German had run around telling everybody what everything was.
RERomine - Good point, I hadn't really thought about that, and it makes perfect sense. I guess tank use by partisans and resistance groups would be more on an opportunity basis. I.e. "We're going to ambush this supply convey here and oh look, an immobilized Pz. Lets use it to start the party with a bang." Or something like that.
I really wish that you could switch out small arms weapons to simulate captured equipment/behind enemy lines, but I realize a few things. 1-This has a higher potentional of being gamey then realist, 2-this is not a simulation but a game, 3-the coding on this would have to be a nightmare, and if it wasn't I wouldn't expect Don or Andy to say so and 4-This has aready been discussed and they said it wasn't going to happen for the reasons given above. The best I get is the partisan units (another reason I'm drawn to them.)