Crews

[herroberst]

Generally speaking, crews tried to save themselves so as to fight another day, i.e. get another tank, so using crews to hold objectives, scout, or defend wouldn't be very appropriate... but then CM is just a game.

I think army doctrine called for crews to save themselves so they could man another tank as it was better than having to train new crews because the old seasoned crew was rubbed out trying to be infantry. Michael Wittman lost lots of tanks but survived to get others until that fateful day in Normandy for example.

Crews fighting in extremis because they have no choice is another matter. And, I would think the loss of points would be worse than trying to move the crews to the rear if possible. So, I usually try to move my crews back to a pick up point or just hide them rather then have them do anything else.