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Old 10-18-2017, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by copeab View Post
No firing ports would be even better

Given the relatively poor armor of AFVs, infantry huddling inside a stationary or slow-moving AFV as a mob swarms at them is not a terribly safe idea.
Don't forget those firing ports were also shot traps. Which is why the M231s were pulled, the firing ports blanked over and the later covered with armor plate.
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