Bolt out of the Blue 5.3

[Elxaime]

• Mine Clearing – unit is capable of clearing mine fields. This includes Engineer units but also units such as flail tanks.

• Demolition Unit – unit is designed to demolish obstacles, minefields, and fortifications.

This is what is suppose to be happening with its flags, a test would have to be set up to see if it is working properly but yes it is suppose to be able to clear mines.

As far as AVLBs they do not get a unit in the game because then you could bridge rivers with them which they could not, you need pontoons for that. Now where the AVLB units are represented is the fact that you can tear ass across Germany without worrying about minor rivers,streams and such which arnt on the map but would be there. You gotta see AVLBs as being there traveling with your units keeping them movin along.

Aaron

OK, I ran some tests and here are the results:

32 Armored Engineer units: can clear mines/obstacles but cannot lay mines; cannot dig in (presumably because they are marked DEMOLITION)

Warsaw Pact flail tanks: can clear mines/obstacles but also cannot lay mines; however they CAN dig in (not marked DEMOLITION)

Interestingly, while the Pact flail tanks can clear minefields/obstacles without loss, the AVRE, as DEMOLITION flagged units, take losses every time they do so.

Is the above WAD?

I realize this is a tiny fragment of the action. But I am just trying to figure out how to use these babies.