Barges - unsinkable islands.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Hum... it might be your guns, because 2-3 hits are usually enough for me, it seems to depend on the WH size, a 240mm gun will obviously do more damage than a 2pdr, not sure about ATGMs and bombs, btw, can barges get immobile? didn't knew that, and if a barge sinks, everything on it dies

[Ramm]

Damage to crew is moddled by damage to barge from rifle and light MG bullets that hit the "top", in reality these could not even damage the steel hull but they do in the game signifying damage to troops from bullets that come in from a higher elevation, we are not talking about swift boats here which are made from tinfoil.

fig. 1 (imagine a much smaller scale version but with steel hull, this is the barge that lifts your AFVs)



To sink barge with rifle and MG simply have a squad or MG at a higher elevation then the barge, higher the better.

fig. 2 (I've actually been on one, maybe about a half inch of steel)



You could be right about them taking too many large caliber rounds to die, one hit below the water line from 90mm should over come the bilge pumps and destroy it over the course of some turns.

There is no way to model below water line hits, As Don or Andy will tell you this is not a turn-based naval strategy game.

[Lt. Ketch]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

...not sure about ATGMs...

I'm sure - they'll sink a barge, no problem. I dinked around with a Marine beach landing in N. Korea ~1999 and the enemy had the entire beach overed with ATGM teams. I lost over half of my forces to those stupid, effective little blighters!

That's what happens when you don't buy enough artillary support for smoke and HE missions.