Larry Holt
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Joined: 3/31/2000 From: Atlanta, GA 30068 Status: offline
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Originally posted by Charles_22:
I'm quite sure I've pointed this out before, but I don't know if anyone ever noticed, but I see it here again in the current game I'm playing. What is happening, is that if you are on the receiving end of an assault, your usual mine-clearing units, should you want to counterattack WILL NOT CLEAR THEM AT ALL (at least this is true for the engineers). If you strew a line of minefields in front of your positions, you can forget counterattacking unless you feel like going through the minefields. [snip]
I'll have to try and clear my own mines and see if I have the same problem. If engineers are not clearing when set to do then that would be a bug. I definately can clear my own barbed wire as I have done that but never tried my own mines.
However, IRL one does not create a wall of mines then clear them to get through. In fact one of the tongue in cheek truism of war is that if you make it too hard for the enemy to get in, you won't be able to get out.
What you need are lanes. That is leave gaps in your belts of mines but put mines in front or behind the gaps to cause you to swerve through the lanes. Your opponent won't be able to go straight through and may even get lucky and make one turn correctly but won't be able to swerve through two or three turn. You, of course, will see the mines and can get out.
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