Bailed Out Crews Question

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Hi,

Crews:
Crews that bail because the tank's on fire are lucky to get out at all, anything they take is a bonus.
My wish list would be that crews who are bailed by the 'owner' should take rifles etc. This particularly applies to motorised scouting units who might wish to park the Land Rover or whatever out of sight, scout about about a bit and return. At present they only have a pistol.
My wish list would also allow other units to drive certain vehicles. The Humvee was specified with automatic transmission so that anyone can drive it. Military vehicles do not have keys! In principle this would allow vehicles to be captured and used by enemy forces.
Tanks, APCs, etc require more driver's ed and would only be capable of being driven by Tank or APC crews.

I also think that fortifications should be capturable and usable by the other side within the game. Ie. they would not spontaneously combust when the last defender is killed. They could be destroyed, by say tank fire but not by a sniper even though the sniper killed all the occupants. An infantry assault might destroy it or it might just kill the occupants.


Area and direct fire:
Area fire was practiced by the British army. In WW1 German units reported that they under machinegun fire when actually under area fire from bolt action rifles.

I think that it would be usefull to be able to target abandoned vehicles and fortifications, buildings and especially bridges with direct fire. In real life these could be targeted.
In the game area fire can be used to suppress enemy forces permitting a friendly unit to get in close.

Resupply:
IRL, APC, Humvees etc carried additional ammo for their infantry. Units could return to the APC etc and get more ammo. This ability would be on my wish list. Coding might be difficult as they should not be allowed to resupply artillery, tanks etc.