Bolt out of the Blue 5.3

[Elxaime]

One more small question that has puzzled me for awhile.

The three Chieftain units of the UK 32 Armored Engineer Regiment of the BAOR are flagged for mine/clear, but won't lay mines when you try and give them that command. I haven't tried to clear mines with them yet, but I assume that the way the PzC system works they won't clear mines either. They are flagged for demolition, but there aren't any real obstacles for them to clear so I haven't tested yet whether they can do that.

According to the Wiki:

"32 Armoured Engineer Regiment had three squadrons each of 4 troops, a total of 72 tanks. Each troop had 3 AVREs and 3 AVLBs (bridge layers). The AVRE has a wide range of capabilities including launching fascines (large pipe bundles) into anti tank ditches, laying trackway, clearing mines, dozing and destroying enemy strong points. The bridge layer can lay a scissor bridge over a gap up to 23m wide or a fixed bridge over smaller gaps up to 12m. The complete launching sequence takes less than five minutes. Larger gaps can be crossed using bridges in combination."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Assault..._Engineers

The above and presence of the AVLB's suggests the 32 Regiment may also be given a bridge-laying ability.

Given this is a unique unit more or less descended from the WW2 "Funnies" I can see how it would be difficult to model.

But right now the only thing UK 32 Armored Engineers can do is dig trenches.

Is this WAD? Or did the OOB have a glitch?

32 Armoured Engineer Regt RE
Location: Dennis Bks, Munsterlager
 RHQ & HQ Sqn
 26 Armoured Engineer Sqn
 31 Armoured Engineer Sqn
 77 Armoured Engineer Sqn
 Wksp REME
Notes: Each Sqn Consisted of SHQ, 4x Armd Eng Tps, Support Tp, & REME Sect. REME Wksp contains a RAOC Stores Sect. In 1989 the Sqns fielded the following equipment:
 26 & 31 Sqns (each) - 9x CHIEFTAIN AVLB (6x No.8 Bridges & 5x No.9 Bridges), 5x SCAMMELL CRUSADERS (for the No. 9 Bridges), 6x CENTURION AVRE 165 (with 165mm Demolition gun), and 3x CENTURION AVRE 105 (with 105mm tank gun).
 77 Sqn- 9x CHIEFTAIN AVLB (4x No.8 Bridges & 6x No.9 Bridges), 5x SCAMMELL CRUSADERS (for the No. 9 Bridges), 6x CENTURION AVRE 165 (with 165mm Demolition gun), and 4x CHIEFTAIN AVRE (The “Willich” Chieftains) Source: “One More River to Cross: The Story of British Military Bridging. Col J H Joiner.”
Further Notes: Initially each Armd Div would receive 1x Armd Eng Sqn. After Engineer Trials in 1988/89 it was planned for each Armd Div to have 2x Eng Regts (the three existing Div Eng Regts, the two Corps Eng Regts, & 32 Armd Eng Regt) with 5x Armd/Field Sqns & 1x Field Support Sqn divided between them. The Corps engineers would then consist of 28 Amphib. Eng Regt, 43 Plant Sqn, 65 Corps Support Sqn, & 1x Corps Armd Eng Sqn.

the first post in this thread towards the bottom youll find a link to a BAOR oob, if you download that it will tell you everything u need to know about BAOR.

That's informative, but my question went more towards their functionality in the game. They are flagged for mine/clear, but cannot lay or clear mines. According to the above, they appear to have bridges, but cannot lay bridges in the game. All they seem to be able to do in the game is dig.

I am fine with that - I assume a design decision was made on how best to treat a mixed unit.

I just wanted to confirm if that was the case, and not that the units were flagged wrong or some unit characteristic in the OOB was wrongly inputted.