Bunkers and Pillboxes

[PoorOldSpike]

INFANTRY v MG-PILLBOX

This series of tests were conducted with veteran units, in command, clear summer midday.
(my cmbb grid squares are 20m)

Over 100m
HMG's open up and caused box-crew casualties, making them abandon it. However not all games will have a massed rank of HMG's like this, so knocking out a box will take considerably longer if using just a few HMG's.




Around 40-60m
Rifles and grenade-launchers open up, but sometimes you'll have to issue a fire order to kickstart them into action. Rifle fire and rif-grenades occasionally kill a box crewman.
Arrow indicates a grenade, their max throwing range is about 40m and they can hurt boxes.
Inset shows a volley of rifle-grenades showering the box.




Around 30-40m
The heavier grenade bundles and satchel charges will begin flying as the range drops to around 35m and under, they can seriously hurt boxes.
Flamethrowers will also join in from 40m or less depending on nationality.
(I also ran a molotov test with Russian infantry but they preferred throwing grenades and there was no way to make them throw molos)




Well over 100m
Panzerschrecks will fire at quite long ranges but you must order them to fire, or they won't.



Likewise, PIATS (bottom group) and bazookas (top) also need a fire order to make them open up.(my cmak grid is 10m)
I never saw a schreck/ piat/ baz score a 'penetration' through the concrete as the hits were 'no effect', but occasionally they scored a 'firing slit penetration' which caused crew casualties and eventually the survivors abandoned.