How to Close Assault?

[jivemi]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

- If the target has riders or passengers, they may defuse the assault especially if the vehicle is left unsuppressed before assaulting. The defenders may suffer casualties, or drop off and shoot you in the face on occasion.

Didn't know this, thought it was only in the game derived from SPWW3. My (limited) experience has been that riders don't affect CAs--as in the case with a Russian sniper in Totenkopf Attacks, when he blew up my precious Tiger while the hitch-hiking infantry played spectator.

So what are the chances that riders will absorb the assault? What particular variables? I'd given up loading infantry for that purpose but your post has renewed my interest in the practice. Any useful pointers? Thanks.