Originally Posted by Helwyr
I don't recall ever seeing occupants in a tank bail in an active fight and live. I almost never drove or gunned for one so never tried myself. Where as it happened all the time with Aircav, because their bailing from a fast moving air vehicle they won't die when it blows up as it won't be close like a ground vehicle will be.
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Actually I use to do it all the time when gunning. The only time I did not do it is if my driver would get pissed. It accomplished 2 things. 1) my tank lived 2) I lived. This was about 65-35 which is kinda your odds when it comes to bailing on a max or say a tower.
Of course it required semi-descent terrain which is the same for if your fighting the AA max. Also I don't remember ever staying in a buggy that was about to blow but, that's another argument.
Something I saw mentioned earlier, what about all the pad campers? Your tank as the advantage of not getting blown up before they get off the pad. Unless there is 2-3 enemy tanks in your CY even you got away sometimes. My Plane, get's blown up from one AA max, if anything I can just barely bail.