diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrushableInfantry.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrushableInfantry.cs
index 907e3148cb..3b625c056f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrushableInfantry.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrushableInfantry.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ using System.Linq;
 using OpenRA.Traits;
 using OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects;
 using OpenRA.Mods.RA.Move;
+using OpenRA.Mods.RA.Render;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 {
-	class CrushableInfantryInfo : ITraitInfo, Requires<MobileInfo>
+	class CrushableInfantryInfo : ITraitInfo, Requires<MobileInfo>, Requires<RenderInfantryInfo>
 	{
 		public readonly string CrushSound = "squish2.aud";
 		public readonly string CorpseSequence = "die-crushed";
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 	{
 		readonly Actor self;
 		readonly CrushableInfantryInfo Info;
+		readonly RenderInfantry ri;
 
 		public CrushableInfantry(Actor self, CrushableInfantryInfo info)
 		{
 			this.self = self;
 			this.Info = info;
+			ri = self.Trait<RenderInfantry>();
 		}
 
 		public void WarnCrush(Actor crusher)
@@ -45,12 +48,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		public void OnCrush(Actor crusher)
 		{
 			Sound.Play(Info.CrushSound, crusher.CenterLocation);
-			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w =>
-			{
-				if (!self.Destroyed)
-					w.Add(new Corpse(self, Info.CorpseSequence));
-			});
-
+			ri.SpawnCorpse(self, Info.CorpseSequence);
 			self.Kill(crusher);
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
index e7103f97a2..383cc5dd26 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
@@ -19,25 +19,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 	{
 		readonly Animation anim;
 		readonly float2 pos;
-		readonly RenderSimple rs;
-		readonly Player p;
+		readonly string paletteName;
 
-		public Corpse(Actor fromActor, string sequence)
+		public Corpse(World world, float2 pos, string image, string sequence, string paletteName)
 		{
-			p = fromActor.Owner;
-			rs = fromActor.Trait<RenderSimple>();
-			anim = new Animation(rs.GetImage(fromActor));
-			anim.PlayThen(sequence,
-				() => fromActor.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this)));
-
-			pos = fromActor.CenterLocation.ToFloat2();
+			this.pos = pos;
+			this.paletteName = paletteName;
+			anim = new Animation(image);
+			anim.PlayThen(sequence, () => world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this)));
 		}
 
-		public void Tick( World world ) { anim.Tick(); }
+		public void Tick(World world) { anim.Tick(); }
 
 		public IEnumerable<Renderable> Render(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			yield return new Renderable(anim.Image, pos - .5f * anim.Image.size, rs.Palette(p, wr), (int)pos.Y);
+			yield return new Renderable(anim.Image, pos - .5f * anim.Image.size, wr.Palette(paletteName), (int)pos.Y);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
index bba5c0a611..a0d7df1b9b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
@@ -124,10 +124,16 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Render
 				return;
 
 			Sound.PlayVoice("Die", self, self.Owner.Country.Race);
+			SpawnCorpse(self, "die{0}".F(e.Warhead.InfDeath));
+		}
+
+		public void SpawnCorpse(Actor self, string sequence)
+		{
 			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w =>
 			{
 				if (!self.Destroyed)
-					w.Add(new Corpse(self, "die{0}".F(e.Warhead.InfDeath)));
+					w.Add(new Corpse(w, self.CenterLocation.ToFloat2(), GetImage(self),
+					                 sequence, Info.PlayerPalette+self.Owner.InternalName));
 			});
 		}
 	}