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Originally Posted by Mobhack

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In addition - if the crew is out of the vehicle then the enemy cannot shoot it up in direct fire and area HE has no effect on it (unless the crew is nearby and is killed off). It becomes a mere decoration, only able to be destroyed by remaining in the same hex for a turn, or finding the crew wherever it has wandered off to and dealing with them there. So again - a bit "gamey".

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That alone should make dismounting crews a prohibited thing, esp. in PBEM.

Also dismounting crews is akin to Z fire against AI: they can't use it unlike human.