Bailed Out Crews Question

[Walrus]

You can still z-fire into hexes in your LOS.
It sprays around a bit , but far less than z-fire into a non-LOS hex.

I use this tactic often to suppress units that are unsighted but that you know are in building x or tree y

As for the crews. I think the initial idea to have them was all to do with the campaigns. The experience your units gains over time does not reside in the tank or gun, but in the crew themselves. Thus if they get brewed up but survive, they become worth 'saving' especially if they have many kills.
It's actually quite a fun part of a game trying to rescue a favorite crew from certain death :-)

Anyway...the fact they should probably be able to take part in the battle proper with the weapons they 'should' have...is academic. They will never change this aspect of the game IMO.
Often it mean you get an unrealistic situation...but we put up with those all the time in SP eh

Cheers