Bridge attack

[Dog Soldier]

Maybe the question for air attacks on bridges for PzC should be how often would a player do this compared to historical incidents. I think the argument went that successful bridge destruction by air units was too rare historically to model in the game. The game model might result in two or three bridges being taken out in a CG, far more than ever happened historically.

The other argument was that the game series was about the land combat and air attacks were added as an abstraction, not something to become an important factor in the game. The added complexity did not justify the gaming result. Bridges are integral to the map, To attack them they would have to made into counters, along with extensive additions to the game engine. Even if you could add this feature, what would you do next to destroy engineer constructed bridges from the air? Currently a player can destroy those bridges if they can break or destroy the engineer unit. Would that activity have to be modified to align the new air demolition of bridges rule being asked for in this thread?

To offset the Kiev example I would point out the futile efforts of the western Allies in 1940 to destroy the German bridges at Sedan.

Dog Soldier