droppig bridges

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by valo2000

Does anyone have experience on which gun is necessary to drop wooden bridges? I am using 105 mm howitzer and 25pounders can they do the job?

25pdr or 105mm no. Shells that don't crater wont drop bridges, basically.

I think you need 122mm (Warhead 6/7) or above, 8 inch (warhead 10/11)for stone ones.

Also, it'll take more direct hits than before as we made the chance of breaking bridges much less several releases back.

cheers
Andy

[Griefbringer]

[quote=Mobhack;823658]

Originally Posted by valo2000

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.