Bringing down a concrete bridge.

[troopie]

How large a warhead do you need to bring down a concrete bridge in the game? Occasionally it might be useful and I know that satchel charges are not enough. What specs are enough?

Dankie,

troopie

[Wdll]

If I remember correctly you need 155m artillery and up to do it.

[Mobhack]

How large a warhead do you need to bring down a concrete bridge in the game? Occasionally it might be useful and I know that satchel charges are not enough. What specs are enough?

Dankie,

troopie

Whatever WH size ~8 inch artillery is and up.

A 2000lb LGB does the job nicely.

Andy

[cbreedon]

How do you use a satchel charge against a bridge? I thought they coukld only be used against enemy units....

[troopie]

How do you use a satchel charge against a bridge? I thought they coukld only be used against enemy units....

You give an engineer unit an order to assault a space. But don't bother, it doesn't work on a concrete bridge. It will breach a wooden bridge, which is also sometimes useful.

[c_of_red]

How do you use a satchel charge against a bridge? I thought they coukld only be used against enemy units....

IIRC, you get your engineer next to the bridge and use the area fire button on the Bridge hex. Not sure if the 'w' key works under those conditions. I seem to remember that it does.
A cheap gamey way, one that I would never use, of course is to park an ammo truck on the bridge then area fire it until it blows. Or st least that used to work, things change.

Not sure why one would want to do that since the bridge would almost have to be in your zone of control, which would make not blowing it the better choice. I used to para drop ammo containers and ammo trucks on bridges, but I got tired of hearing the screams. Very few of my opponents have had the sense of humor that is required to watch with aplomb as that MOAB drifts onto the bridge and annihilates it. Not sure if that option is still available. Things change.

[Wdll]

A cheap gamey way, one that I would never use, of course is to park an ammo truck on the bridge then area fire it until it blows.
........ I used to para drop ammo containers and ammo trucks on bridges, but I got tired of hearing the screams.



Interesting.

[c_of_red]

MOAB: Massive Ordinance Air Blast, or Mother of All Bombs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast_bomb

What the game really needs is one of these babies;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-388_Davy_Crockett

Nothing like an atomic bomb fired from a Recoiless Rifle to get one's attention. No scorch mark issues with that puppy!

[c_of_red]

Yes, I NEED one of those;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khyZI3RK2lE

ALL my buds that carry their deer rifles in a rack behind the seat will go total green with envy if I mounted one on my pickup. Bast radius exceeding the weapon's range is a bit of a problem, but hey, Life's not perfect.
Bet you could do a bridge good and proper with one of those.

[Wdll]

I know what a moab is.

[Cross]

I'm not sure that all stone/concrete bridges in SP have the same structural value.

IIRC, in one battle I hit half a dozen bridges with 5.5 inch (140mm) guns. I managed to bring down most of them, but repeated hits on the others wouldn't knock them out.

Anyone have any insight on this?



cheers,
Cross

[valo2000]

I guess there is some random factor that determines if you actualyy hit the bridge and if you hit it strong enough for it to collapse.

[Cross]

I guess there is some random factor that determines if you actualyy hit the bridge and if you hit it strong enough for it to collapse.

This makes sense. Because my understanding was that there are only two types of bridges, primary and secondary, just as there are two types of roads.