Destroying a bridge

[Montana Grizz]

You would think that after a couple of years of playing these scenarios that I would know the answer to what seems like a simple question, but I don't.

Question: Can an engineer company destroy a bridge that has two spans? I've been playing a game wherein I have two engineer units and a commander on three separate bridges and haven't been able to destroy anything in 11 moves?

If I am spinning my wheels, then I would like to know so that I can use them for something they can accomplish.

Thanks,

Pat

[K K Rossokolski]

My understanding is that Eng can only destroy hexside bridges, ie bridges over narrow rivers, streams, and ravines. Bridges over wide rivers...one hex or more......are undestroyable, as it were (the scenario can be set up with a wrecked bridge, but it can't be changed in the gameplay),
As far as I am aware, the new capabilities have not changed this. I may be wrong.

Merry Christmas, Pat

[umbro]

KKR is correct that span bridges (as opposed to hexside bridges) may not be destroyed. However, scenario designers can 'fake' blowable span bridges by adding a river hexside across the end of a span bridge and then placing a hexside bridge across that river. In this way a player can blow the hexside bridge and the span bridge becomes impassable.

So, to make sure that a span bridge is not blowable check out whether it has a river hexside at either and and a hexside bridge over it.

umbro

P.S.
NOT BLOWABLE


BLOWABLE

[K K Rossokolski]

Thyat's amazing..not the bridge thing, but the way you do the pictures!!!

[umbro]

If you like these you'll love the new AAR I am working on. Animations, massive zoom map, etc...

umbro

P.S. The bridge thing is pretty cool though, right?

[Montana Grizz]

That illustration said it all for me Umbro. Thank you so very much.

Merry Christmas to you Rod.