Trucks and Prime Movers
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Trucks and Prime Movers
| British | French | German |
| Bedford OYD | Laffly S-20 | Opel Blitz |
| Morris CDSW | SdKfz 7 |
Vehicles
In order to command a vehicle you’ll need to select an Army Persona. After selecting a mission, the Ready Room will list the available vehicles. Select one and enter the game.
You’ll start in the driver’s position. The E key will start your engines. Switch gears with the [ and ] keys. The R key will switch you into reverse when your vehicle is in Neutral. If you have a joystick your gas pedal will be a simple push forward on the device by default. If you do not have a joystick then the arrow keys will work.
There may be multiple positions to man in each vehicle. You can jump to these positions using the top row number keys.
Mobile Spawn Point (MSP)
Most trucks can become a spawning points for troops. To do this one must be on a mission with the mission to an enemy held position of the linking town (some other rules apply, but that is main). Spawn the truck and drive it about 1klm from target position, watching the Chat bar for message when you are close enough (but not too close!). Once there, stop and type the "d" key, if the chat message says deployed, you can now be a spawning point for friendly infantry units!
To move again you need to undeploy by again typing the "d" key. Their are some limits on how quickly you can do this, so watch the chat screen for messages
Un-Maned Spawn point (UMS)
Set it up as above, but once you are satisfied on location, type the "ESC" key and a message will come up asking if you want to leave the truck as a Spawn point. Then you can changes units and spawn at your new spawn point!
Basic Vehicle Controls
| Action | Key |
| Start/Stop Engine | E |
| Shift Gear Up | ] |
| Shift Gear Down | [ |
| Engage Reverse Gear | R (must be in neutral) |
| Accelerate | Joystick Forward |
| Brake | Joystick Backward |
| Turn Left | Joystick Left |
| Turn Right | Joystick Right |
| Change Crew Position | Number keys |
| Zoom View | Keypad Decimal (delete) |
| Fire Main Gun | Joystick Button 1 |
| Fire Secondary Gun | Joystick Button 2 |
| Change Ammo Type | Backspace |
