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Arkan -> RE: Help With Timing My Tarawa Invasion (8/12/2005 4:16:50 PM)
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But I think for unit with *no* engineer squads shock attack is only alternative to reduce fort level.
That's wrong, a 1 to 1 deliberate attack will destroy one fort. If a fort is destroyed by combat engineers it will read like this "Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to x", if it's destroyed by infantry or anything else because of positive attack odds it will read like this "Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to x".
Normal construction engineers can't assault at all and cannot destroy forts.
As a clarification I think it's important to note that combat engineers and construction engineers are NOT determined by the type of unit they are in but only by their squad type. So Engineers and Engineer Vehicles are always construction engineers as well as USA Engineer Squad, USMC Engineer Squad, Dutch Sapper Squad, etc. are always combat engineers regardless if they are in an Inf, Eng or HQ type unit.
As an example a typical US division will have some Engineers as well as some USA Engineer Squads in its TOE. The USA Eng. Squads have an AV and can take part in attacks, they will have a chance of destroying forts before the assault because they are combat engs and they will take part in the assault along with the division's infantry squads and will destroy forts if the assault odds are better then 0 to 1. However the division's Engineers have no assault value and will not do anything useful during an attack.
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