Igor
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Assuming that MGs killing tanks isn't a badly documented feature (if so, ignore the following)...
I set up a test range of MG 34s against Polish light tanks; 12 TK 3s, 3 WZ 34s, 2 Vickers dw's, 3 Vickers jw's, and 12 7 TPs.
The range was 150 yards (3 hexes), the troops were all regulars, all shots were frontal, the MGs fired for one full turn (basically, 5 shots or until the tank died); and I ran the test twice.
The results were as follows; no 7 TPs were damaged, 2 TK 3s were destroyed outright and 3 more were abandoned when one of the crew was killed, 1 WZ 34 was destroyed (three crew bailed), 1 Vickers dw was destroyed, and no Vickers jw was damaged.
It should be noted that no 7 TP, with a frontal armor above the soft kill rating of the MG 34 (16) was damaged out of roughly 120 shots; while the other vehicles with lower frontal armor suffered 7 destroyed or put out of action from roughly 200 shots. All kills were the result of MG fire (the rifles never inflicted any damage), and all occurred on a "vulnerable location" hit. I don't know the percentage chance of such a hit at 3 hexes; someone who does could figure out a rough ratio of kills to vulnerable location hits from the above.
I never saw any messages regarding any equipment damage, btw. Either the tank died, crew died inside a buttoned up vehicle, or nothing happened at all.
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