Flashburn, can tank hatches actually be forced open with a crowbar? Seems kind of .... inadequate to me. Sort of like putting a screen door on a castle.
Its possible. Crowbar on seam and pound with a sledge hammer. If it can get in there it might be possible to pry open. But where talking like an hour of banging around. If you have live crewman in there they are not going to sit there waiting for the hatch to get popped. Depress gun, load HE or any frag round and keep shooting the ground till they go away. You don't want to make it completely impossible to get in generally. If you need to get in to get your wounded out but can not that also defeats the purpose. Just need to make it hard enough that someone does not pull the Hollywood jump on tank and chuck a frag in there. BUT.. jumping on the tank and smearing oil or mud all over the vision devices is surprisingly effective.
Remember the video of the National Guard tank that was stolen and taken for a ride on the freeway? The police shot the driver through an open hatch. He must have forgotten to secure it.
Krabb: Quotation fixed.
