As the title says. We already have players going for a ride on the tank, it would be nice if they could use the MG on top. If the commander pops out the top, it kicks the player off the gun.
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Would be even better if you could jump on top of an enemy tank, and use it’s MG to shoot troops from behind.
It would force players to do a better job at protecting their armor support.
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NOOOOO
view o field is already narrow in tank and you have to use binocular far away from enemy infantry whic you cant do in berlin and stalingrad. Urban area tank fight are already a nightmare and i dont want any bozo to block my already narrow view when jumping on my tank
I don’t like this idea, I’m usually very careful when I use a machine gun or the main argument, because I don’t want to give my position away to aircraft
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I completely support this idea!!!
I think there’s an option from the menu, where players can toggle on/off the option to allow other players to occupy empty seats in the vehicle. For instances when a player loses crewmembers, and other players can jump in.
They could create such a feature for the machine gun too.
Have the default setting to on.
And for players who don’t want their teammates using their gun, they can turn it off.
Also give assist points to the tank crew, for teammates getting kills while using the MG.
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Audie Murphy Medal of Honor citation, verbatim. Medal of Honor Orders
General Orders No. 65
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington 25, D.C., 9 August 1945
MEDAL OF HONOR - Award
Section 1
I. MEDAL OF HONOR. - By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bul. 43, 1918), a Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty was awarded by the War Department in the name of Congress to the following-named officer:
Second Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy, 01692509, 15th Infantry, Army of the United States, on 26 January 1945, near Holtzwihr, France, commanded Company B, which was attacked by six tanks and waves of infantry. Lieutenant Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to a prepared position in a woods while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him to his right one of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. It’s crew withdrew to the woods. Lieutenant Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, Lieutenant Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer which was in danger of blowing up any instant and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to the German fire from three sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. the enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate Lieutenant Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he personally killed or wounded about 50. Lieutenant Murphy’s indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy’s objective.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
OFFICIAL: EDWARD F. WITSELL Major General Acting Adjutant General
G.C. MARSHALL Chief of Staff
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I like this idea, but tank commanders need to have an option to turn this feature on and off. Why? Some players will use the machine gun to shoot at other tanks or just randomly shoot in the air giving up the tanks position to the enemy.
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I would enjoy that, only for the ‘shoulder’ mounted MGs, in some tanks it is positioned to be used only by the commander, like the first sherman. in fact make it flexible if commander popping out kicks out the person or not, like ‘press b to kick the person out’.
i would be in favour to just remove the ability of commanders to telepathically control the mg on their backs, like in the stuart. but that’s another topic.
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@redStick
Nice post, i knew he was a hero, and totally loved his films, but never knew back story, thank you