T55 BTUs in "Duel for the Golan Heights-85-Valley B"

[Scud]

Good to hear from you Al, those are cool scenarios, hope to see more of them at some time perhaps :)

I fully agree with Dave, kids grow up so fast, mine are now both young adults (at least in age ha), how did that happen!

The T-55 BTU indeed has a regular dozer plow, it is not capable for clearing minefields with anti-tank mines in there, that's what the T-55 KTM is there for, with its KTM series of a mine roller installed. We'll correct the unit text for CSME 2.0 for the BTU units.

Petri, does this affect the way scenarios were designed? Would designers have added the BTUs thinking they'd clear blocks? Obviously Al thought they'd do what they don't. I guess what I most want to know is if we start a scenario that has BTUs, should we mark the scenario as flawed and not play it until the designer has a chance to address it?

Cheers Dave,

I can't speak for others but I for one start with the standard OOB organizations the game comes supplied with, and then tweak them per the scenario being designed.

A Syrian 1982 Tank Bde comes with three Tank Bns, each with three Tank Coys,  and an organic HQ + two BTU and two KMT platoons. 

Opening the Valley B scenario, seems that's what there's deployed for your use. The unit out there is the 1st Armored Div of the 2d Corps.  and its 44th Tank Bde. 

Standard formations as far as I can (quickly) tell. 

So this might be the case there's never enough troop on one's command  

Thanks, Petri. Having never designed a scenario I was under the impression a designer would pick each unit to add to the map, rather than a package (if I'm understanding that correctly). So scenarios with T55 BTUs would play as intended, provided the player just remembers the F2 description is wrong and knows how to use them correctly. That's good, as I was concerned the scenarios would be flawed otherwise.

Pardon my ignorance. 

Dave