Re: REALITY CHECK TIME!

 
BY  a glancing hit, i assume you mean a non penetrating armor hit, or a
hit that does not mean the vehicle is immobilized or its fighting
ability impaired?

by my definition, a glancing  hit, one that just does exterior armor
damage, blows open tool boxes,	crew gear, blowns off radio  antennae,
ruins the paint,  ruins the  paint, and generally makes for brown pants
all around but nothing else is not a serious hit.

now granted the other crew members MIGHT  continue to figiht the vehicle
with  what is left of the TC laying on the floor and sprayed about the
compartment, but there is also a chance the crew MIGHT panic and
abandon the  vehicle.

the troops riding in the troop compartment, well, they too would  be
aware of the mess that used to be the TC   if the crew and troop
compartments are not divided by a bulkhead.

 in this  instance the squaddies would be able to determine  WTFO wih
their own eyes and know the vehicle was HIT  but still able to move and
fight too . . . .

but if the crew paniced and left, the  squaddies would be right behind
them!

now if the troop compartment is separated from the crew compartment, and
the squaddies cannot see or talk with the crew, they would feel the
impact and etc.  if the vehicle does not move or fire almost immediately
after the hit, the  squaddies just might decide it was time to leave
without being  told to do so. especially at the first sign of smoke or
fire in the troop compartment!

there are  many examples of this situation going either way, since  WW
II.

unless	mis read a message, i got the  impression that folks thought the
squadies were just  meat being hauled around in the back and did not
worry about obvious vehicle hits that  could be bad news . . . 

this i know is not true- squaddies are very aware of the  things that
kill MBTs, IFVs. APCs, and etc.  

DAWGIE