The Purist
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Meehhhh. Not too sure about this. Crews had certain responsibilities upon abandoning a tank.FWIW, "Crew Survival" may effectively mean "the crew popped out of the vehicle and are pissed and ready to fight". If that happens, say, 28% of the time, then that vehicle has a CS5. If you rolled a 6 or more on the CS DR, that would encompass All Other Results, including...
Besides, I thought CS#s were based on the tank design and ability of the crew to exit quickly. The Pz IV had one hatch or door for each crewman with the CS#s being higher than, for example, an early M4 where gunner and loader had to wait for the CC to leave, or clamber over/move his corpse, or try to get out the belly hatch.
Otherwise, I think I would go with the "we ain't grunts" and "specialist" argument. I don't really see a crew armed mainly with pistols deciding to go all Audie Murphy on the opposition.
US Army FM17-67 notes what a crew was to do if it had to abandon a disabled tank. Dependent on how much time a crew had they were remove the periscopic and telescopic sights, disable the main gun or recoil system, render the machine guns inoperable and so on. Given enough time they were to destroy the tank itself. If there was little time (fire, smoke, wounded), saving the crew was the main issue. I would not be surprised to find similar documents in other armies of the day.
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