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Old February 4th, 2014, 03:53 PM

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Default Re: droppig bridges

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Originally Posted by valo2000 View Post
I think you need 122mm (Warhead 6/7) or above, 8 inch (warhead 10/11)for stone ones.
Thanks for the hints, though based on my experience slightly lighter guns have been sufficient to blow up bridges.

I just set up a little test game (two medium field regiments RA versus a couple of bridges in Netherlands 1940) to see how I would manage to blow up bridges. Results are as following:

- 4.5 inch (ca. 114 mm) guns were sufficient to blow up wooden bridge
- 6 inch (ca. 152 mm) howitzers were sufficient to blow up stone bridge

Whether blowing up bridges is tactically worth the effort depends on situation, but the bridges themselves might make good targets since they are chokepoints. And if there is a heavy tank company approaching a wooden bridge, a lucky hit may blow up the bridge at the right moment, taking out an enemy tank with it.
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