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Old March 17th, 2013, 02:23 AM
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Default Re: infantry in tanks

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Originally Posted by paulo View Post
I had an infantry squad riding in a tank- it was fired on by rifle and machine guns- the tank wasn't damaged but it destroyed the squad in the tank- how is this possible? I've also seen this before. Thanks
Infantry don't ride INSIDE a tank, there's no room.
They ride ON the tank.

So it's very easy for a machinegun to kill them, and of course a tank is (usually) bullet proof so it may get suppressed but would be otherwise unharmed.

Of course there are exceptions, the Israeli Merkava for instance.
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