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Combat footage from a game against Bert Blitzkrieg today..
Amazingly my Marder had LOS and fired smack through a house, hitting the Sherman parked on the other side. (the Sher nearest the house)
Maybe the shot went through the windows?
At least in such situations the target will have LOS too, and begin returning fire if he's still alive.. (but the Sher was killed with this first shot)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFkdJaOy3...ed&search=

More about LOS thru buildings here - http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/s...id=231729&

In this test I plonked 4 Sherms behind a house, then logged which ones the panzer could see.
He could only see this one.
(and note in the inset that it could see him back)





Below -Confirmation that the panzers LOS to the other 3 Shers was blocked, and they couldn't see him back either.
(Conclusion - houses aren't always guaranteed to block LOS, but at least if he can shoot at you through a house, you can shoot back at him)


More stunning pics on the subject here -
http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/s...?tid=39835

Interesting and historically accurate. Many accounts of tanks shooting through houses with their high velocity guns to hit stuff behind it. I also like the rule in ASL that sometimes if you crashed your tank into a house it fell into the basement (not modeled in CM sadly).

Now you'll have me checking LOS while I'm trying to hide.