tanks go thru buildings too easy..

[wtfbollos]

Originally Posted by Crni vuk

well its not like the typical building holds out that much. I think its fairly realistic in that part as some buildings are very hard to destroy (certain churches eat 88mm shells like penuts ...) while other ones go down fast.

yeah what is it with the churches! (maybe developers were religious?)

..actually thinking about it a streetlamp was eating HE rounds the other night when i was trying to knock out a fieldgun with a light tank..stayed upright the whole time

[Crni vuk]

dont mention those lamps! THE LAMPS ! God knows how many times I missed those infantry or at gun cause the HE shell got eaten by a lamp ... not to mention how the shells loose penetration from it. But thats another story.

Churches, well some of them are made almost like a bunker ! If you think about how thick those walls are. Particularly old churches. I mean see how many times they would be almost untouched while the rest of the city got bombed to hell. I doubt they would survive a direct hit but many other buildings colapsed while the church was still alive. And I guess its cause a lot of churches have been built to last centuries if not more. They are very well constructed. Not something you can tell from all buildings.

On the other side if you have the luck to hit a certain part of a building a large chunk of it might simply colapse. Some walls or supporting pillar if destroyed would cause the building to fall down eventually. That part is a whole science for it self and I am already surprised MoW does show here a lot of options.

From a realistic point of view vehicles should NOT drive trough buildings this was in most armies strictly forbidden for the simple fact that the danger to loose the vehicle was to high, as one might remember that many buildings have a celar and those are not made usualy to hold out the preasure of a 30 or even 50 ton vehicle ! (most bridges arent even!). Not to mention the danger of colapsing walls imobilizing the vehicle and damaging it or the crew.So yeah it definetly happend but it was nothing usual at some point you could even face hard punishment for it meaning prison time ... imagine it like flying a plane or helicopter under electrical towers which might be possible ... but no one would approve.

[Korsakov829]

The churches must have been made so as to appease the heads of religion. Only visable reason for it, right?

[KnightFandragon]

I guess that must be it.

As for buildings coming apart to easy I took out a house with a single 75mm AP round...1 shot took the whole house out haha....HE makes atleast 1 sliver of sense but Ap...not so much.

[Korsakov829]

Are you sure it wasn't those weak sheds? I've only made AP rounds go through town buildings, not destroy them.

Hopefully this will all be fixed in the next generation of MoW.

[KnightFandragon]

It was a small wooden house but either way, hopefully it is fixed in the next MoW =D Houses might be a good place to hide in AS with infantry...now its bad

[Korsakov829]

Those small log cabins crumble in a few shots with the .50 cal. Before any Men of War patch you could take down many buildings with a 37mm.

[CursedPanther]

Originally Posted by Crni vuk

Churches, well some of them are made almost like a bunker ! If you think about how thick those walls are. Particularly old churches. I mean see how many times they would be almost untouched while the rest of the city got bombed to hell. I doubt they would survive a direct hit but many other buildings colapsed while the church was still alive. And I guess its cause a lot of churches have been built to last centuries if not more. They are very well constructed. Not something you can tell from all buildings.

Most of the time Allied pilots were told to avoid contacts with churches and civilian areas as much as possible. Of course there couldn't be any guarantee as the bombs weren't guided after all.
Axis pilots might have followed a whole different set of rules.

[Crni vuk]

I would be surprised if any church would be left untouched considering what excelent position for reconosance and snipers it would be.

Usualy before aproaching any city the one thing anyone would do is order to fire at the highest points. Either with planes, artillery or tanks. Simply to get the enemy out. If hes inside.

You know Monte Casino was bombed regardless that no German unit was inside it and the German commander has send a transmission that he will not deploy any there to spare the building. But the allies havnt believed it attacking it and so the troops moved in after it was bombed thinking the allies have attacked it already it doesnt matter anymore to stay away from it.