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Originally Posted by jivemi
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Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks
There are a number of ways to counteract / disable the IED - Engineers can defuse/remove it from adjacent hex, Snipers (anti-material rifles at least) can destroy the detected IED from a distance by shooting it like any other target.
If not; time for some "brave volunteer" (a low value unit) to "step up"...  |
Just noticed in a WW2 LC scenario a booby trap can't be fired at (at least by a British pioneer with an SMG and .303 Bren). It's on a road that cuts through mud and rough so rather annoying. Aside from clearing them from an adjacent hex or setting them off with a sacrificial lamb is there any other way to get rid of them? Thanks.
(BTW the GG doesn't seem to give any suggestions on how to get rid of boobies, IEDs or Fougasses. Or am I missing something?) |
You can fire at them with a sniper with an anti-material rifle (so not in WW2 AFAIR).
Otherwise to defuse them, it works like mines - move an engineer up to them, face the hex and wait. Infantry can only defuse in the same hex, engineers are better in the same hex too. So walk up and face the hex in 1 turn, move onto the hex the next turn (so its only moving 1 hex, so is going slowly and therefore less likely to trip it).
An explosion that hits it may set it off - shelling the thing may work, though I have not tried that. Other explosives like say a suicide bomber, will though (a fougasse is an IED "primer" and a flame weapon as a cocktail). I must try a test with an AOP with LOS to one, and call in some arty and see if it goes boom, haven't tried that
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