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Do minefields work in river hexsides - 3/6/2019 1:15:47 AM

panzer cat

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I was reading Obverts aar recently, and a poster said that Mines do not work in river hex sides. Has anyone else noticed this?
I could not find another reference to this on the fourms and would hate to waste my limited supply.

scott

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RE: Do minefields work in river hexsides - 3/6/2019 1:29:46 PM

Lowpe

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Well, they might work against an in hex invasion or bombardment, but for ships traversing the river, no I have never been able to get them to work.

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RE: Do minefields work in river hexsides - 3/6/2019 3:45:03 PM

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Mines seem to do absolutely nothing in the rivers. At least in the locations I tested, like Yangtsee from Shanghai to Nanking. No matter traversing, amphibious landing or bombardment TFs, 500 freshly laid mines in a hex never hit a single ship. Base/nonbase hex does not matter. Traversing through the hex or stopping in it also does not matter.

CDs (a pile of all existing CD Bns Japan has in Stock, 10+ units in the same ex as a minefield I tested above) were only active against amphibious landings and bombardments. And it was somewhat underwhelming experience, e.g. they were able to shoot up only 3 out of 15 APDs in a TF

Edit: not all the river hexes are bad. E.g. mines work at Palembang or Rangoon which are technically up the river. I do not know the pwhex specifics to look inside the narrow/wide straights coding (maybe?) to see if it differentiates mine-friendly river from non-friendly one.

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RE: Do minefields work in river hexsides - 3/7/2019 2:55:09 AM

panzer cat

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Thank you for the info, I will deploy them elsewhere.

scott

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