Would be nice to see in SBs

[Compass Rose]

Of the books I've read, none of them talked about the subject. All I can base an answer off of is either WWII movies or real WWII footage.

In the movie Battle of the Bulge, a American tank gets knocked out and the crew escapes through the bottom floor escape hatch. They are shown only with pistols.

In the movie Sahara the crew of the M3 Lee had Thompson machine guns.

I don't off hand remember any other movies that showed such examples but I do know that just because it was in Hollywood, doesn't make it real.

As for real WWII footage, I remember watching a German and an American tank crew both bailing out of their tanks after they were hit. In both instances, they were trying like mad to get out of there tanks before they got shot at again. The American footage was a little startling because one of the crew members was trying to pull out their buddy who had one of his lower legs blow off! The German tank flamed up very quickly and the crew could be seen running away looking for cover as they were being fired at my machine gun fire. In both cases, none of the crew members had any weapons in their hands.

I agree, if crews found themselves without a vehicle, they would try and work their way to the rear or out of harms way.

As for the victory conditions for crew survivability suggestion, I'm not sure how that would play out of you were playing a battle that had alot of vehicles. It could present more headaches for the game player since he'd have more units to manage that wouldn't help support his current force.

I do think that maybe a calculation could be introduced that would allow some crew members to survive after their vehicle gets hit. As of right now, any time a vehicle gets wrecked, all crew members are shown as killed.