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[Stuart750]

Why does the mortar need two men to crew it? That doesn't make sense. I don't remember if this is a EIR or COH feature, so if I'm ranting about something that the Dev's didn't do, promptly tell me so I can STFU, otherwise, I don't see the point in the last guy having a stroke at the time that his buddy dies.

Same thing for AT guns, Flaks, Nebelwerfers, and Howitzers (and any other weapons teams that I am forgetting). Why at least two?

Wouldn't it be a little better for the unit to retreat off-map when the unit gets to one? Perhaps a decreased cooldown/firing rate? I don't know, I would just like to know why...

[anthony210]

Its a VCoH thing, whenever an AT gun or mortor get down to 1 the last man commits suicide.  This has been in the game since CoH released.

Id say its realistic because I dont think 1 man could fire a mortor by himself and 1 man could not fire an AT gun by himself, or move said AT gun by himself because it was probably too heavy for 1 person to move.

[Forefall]

This has been fixed in EiR, so that 1 man mortar units will retreat instead.  However, the programming was reverted in a patch a while ago and won't be corrected again until 2.0 functionality is in.

[[AB]RikiRude]

This has been fixed in EiR, so that 1 man mortar units will retreat instead.  However, the programming was reverted in a patch a while ago and won't be corrected again until 2.0 functionality is in.

Bring on 2.0! I wasn't around for that patch sadly.

I think 1 person can fire a mortar, though it may be troublesome. I think if 1 man can fine the MG then CoH should of made it the same for them all. Or at least force retreat or force pack up of mortars, and i guess AT guns and nebels could just be unable to fire. But it's so dumb that they just die, probably my biggest complaint with CoH period.

[Days of War]

1 man could not fire an AT gun by himself, or move said AT gun by himself because it was probably too heavy for 1 person to move.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Cain

"Major Cain raced out to an anti-tank gun and began to drag it into position. A gunner saw him and ran over to assist, and the two men succeeded in disabling it."

A 75mm can be moved by one man. I'm pretty sure he could've fired it too.