6.999 Russian Multi-Applicable Vehicle Notes - Note J

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Per 6.999 Russian Multi-Applicable Vehicle Notes - Note J, "This AFV may possibly carry smoke dischargers (sD). Use rule D13 [EXC: they are usable only once per scenario]."

Does this mean that you get only one attempt to use the smoke discharger per scenario, whether you are successful or not?

Or, can you keep attempting to use the smoke discharger and after you are successful, you can not use it again for that scenario?
 

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Yeah, I would take usable to mean actually discharging smoke.
 

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You can also get smoke when the Tank is done (with SD) when the tank is really done if your hard up and need cover. (Boom!)
 

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You can also get smoke when the Tank is done (with SD) when the tank is really done if your hard up and need cover. (Boom!)
I know it is possible to destroy your own vehicle but can you deliberately elect to turn it into a burning wreck as opposed to merely a normal wreck?

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No - D5.411 only allows "turn it into a non-burning wreck".
Which seems odd (warning realism argument) considering tossing a couple grenades onto a pile of shells in the turret/hull would probably do quite nicely.
 

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Which seems odd (warning realism argument) considering tossing a couple grenades onto a pile of shells in the turret/hull would probably do quite nicely.
That would be a subsequent attack. You don't toss the grenades in while you are still getting out.

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That would be a subsequent attack. You don't toss the grenades in while you are still getting out.

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Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe. Somebody's got to toss 'em in and run like hell. Last guy out, or somebody goes back.
:sneaky:

I'd also add, that the above (to my mind) only applies to a voluntary bail-out and destruction of the vehicle. To quote The Chieftain during a "highly emotional event" like "Oh bugger, the tank's on fire" the focus would be on getting out. But then again, problem solved.
 
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Which seems odd (warning realism argument) considering tossing a couple grenades onto a pile of shells in the turret/hull would probably do quite nicely.
That would require standing orders that permitted you to burn the vehicle.

https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/procedures/tankstandingorders.htm

Canadian standing orders above may be of interest. Crews abandoning tanks were required to discharge the fire extinguishers on exit. As for destruction by the crew:

14. POLICY CONCERNING DESTRUCTION OF TANKS. The decision to destroy a tank will invariably be made by the Squadron Leader. No tank will be destroyed unless absolutely necessary in order to prevent its falling into enemy hands. The tank can be set on fire by breaking the gas lead from the homolite and setting the petrol on fire or by any other means the crew commander desires.

Not sure what the Russian policy was, but I'd suspect crews were held 'very' accountable for their actions. I'd think most militaries would be more concerned about recovering and restoring AFVs than in burning them at the slightest provocation. It was common to repair knocked out tanks that didn't burn - the ones that did burn were not salvageable. And all the armies put a lot of effort into those salvage efforts.

Not sure how the above worked in practice, but it appears the squadron leader (a squadron was four troops of four tanks, equivalent to a tank company in other armies) was the only one permitted to order a tank destroyed. I would suspect it was only done in last ditch defensive stands or situations where recovery seemed hopeless.
 
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Driving them round near late war German Inf will usually do the trick quite well I find....
 

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In the US we called it spiking the gun. We would use a thermite grenade, placing it on the breech block. The only time we ever did this was against abandoned T-55/62s by order of our platoon leader (Lieutenant), they were not our own but we did not want the original occupatants to recrew them.
 
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