Clearing rubble

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Like bunker construction, it's quite random. In shorter campaigns/scenarios, I've only been able to clearing RUBBLE to the lower case variant with big stacks/piles of engineer units.

The rule could use some clarification regarding what kind of modifiers apply for size or quality. For other engineer actions, there are modifiers for size or quality but it isn't clear if there are modifiers for clearing RUBBLE.

It makes quite a big difference if there are no modifiers for unit/component size, as that would make splitting a battalion into companies 3 times as efficient as having a battalion clear the RUBBLE hex.

As I understand it, the number and size of the engineer unit(s) makes no difference. A single test is performed for the hex if a there is an attempt to clear RUBBLE in that hex. The chance is not adjusted by Quality, either. The reason that no modifiers are mentioned in the manual is presumably because there are none. So placing a single engineer company in a hex to clear RUBBLE would be the optimal strategy.

John