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How to cross a shallow river? - 10/29/2003 7:48:15 AM

otto

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I need to cross a shallow river and my opponent has blown the bridges!!

Can anybody give any advice? I'm getting my biggest baddest tanks bogged. Is it any better to drive slower, maybe one hex a turn? Does vehicle weight matter?

What's a guy to do?

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Yes... - 10/29/2003 8:12:24 AM

Orzel Bialy

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to all your questions. :)

Here's what I do just to error towards caution. ;)
I will usually drive my AFV's to the river bank and stop there...if they have used more than three quarters of their movement I don't start crossing that turn...otherwise I start taking them across one hex at a time.

Don't race them across...especially any "Heavies". Move them slowly and make sure that if possible you get them on sand or rough terrain rather than mud or swampy ground.

It doesn't always work...sometimes at even 1 hex per move they get flooded and immobilized...but taking it slow has always seemed to help cut down on the number of problems for me.

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- 11/6/2003 3:29:13 AM

Vathailos

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From: In a van, down by the river.
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If you're the Soviets, I have an answer bordering on gamesmanship, and stealing from Chief above.

Smoke the far side of the river, park all your YaG-6's at the river bank, and load your heavies into them. Then, next turn, drive them all into the river. If they get stuck, immediately unload. Next opportunity, drive your unstuck heavies one hex out of the river to the opposite side.

I promise to stop saying "YaG-6" at every opportunity from this point forward. :)

Not playing the Soviets? Got a barge carrier perhaps? ;)

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