Attacking a Full Bridge Hex by Air

[Zemke]

Bridges are very hard to destroy. It takes just the right hits at the right spot to drop a bridge. The bridge may have been damaged, say by a hole in the surface, but that is easily repaired with a sheet of steal over the hole, taking very little time. In the game this is minor damage and I think would not be modeled. Also there are other munitions that could cause more casualties to personnel, but leave the bridge undamaged at all, napalm and cluster bombs come to mind. Last even though it shows your unit was wiped out in game terms, in reality there would be men left, but the "Unit" could be completely in-effective due to heavy loses of key personnel or equipment.