With all this armor up for grabs, now, after getting abandoned, there is something I always wondered about.
When infantry disable a tanks tracks and make it immobile they then swarm it, avoiding the point end of the turret, and wary of other enemy tanks in machine gun range, which could ruin the dog-faces day...
The next step is to open a hatch, spray inside with a burp gun to lower their moral, then drop a grenade in there. Rinse repeat on the next piece of armor.
The thing I wonder about is, why isn't there a latch on the inside to keep the hatch from being opened? You lock your car door whenever you cross into the bad neighborhood downtown, why don't tanks?
Just a Hollywood trope?
Yeah...
Now, sure, if they leave a hatch open and you sneak up on it, that's different.
There are latches, some are better than others, but often at least one hatch is open for visibility.
ReplyDeleteThe big trick is to attack when a hatch is open.
Dropping a grenade in the tank at the very least messes up the tank; depending on what ammo is where it could be VERY bad for the attacker as well as the crew.
Once an attacker is on top of the tank with the hatch open, the crew is screwed, so a grenade isn't necessary, and doesn't help with future reuse of the tank.