Sequoia Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Okay the briefing says the bridge over the "river" undoubtably has an IED. I've moved engineers up to it but no one is spotting anything. I don't want to do a suicide mission over the bridge. Am I doing something wrong in not being to spot the thing or was the briefing author just playing a head game with me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Its been a long time since I played this one, but as I recall there is an IED, not sure if on the bridge or the immediate approaches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 I ounce read a post saying if you suspect an IED is in a spot you can shell the spot to set it off. Is that true? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'm not sure about shelling, but I do know if you find the triggerman and kill him then the IED won't go off. Check any buildings with LOS to the spot the IED is in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 The bridge is in clear sight of a large village on the far side of the map. There is a penalty for destroying buildings in the village. They're crafty those devils. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I vaguely recall this one - but it is a truism for CMSF that the only way to defeat IEDs is to: A. Avoid them (not much of an option here) B. Disrupt/Destroy (signal or trigger). Some vehicles have protection systems that will disrupt/defeat radio and phone activated devices however they are of no use against wire IEDs. Your options boil down to suppressing or killing the triggerman or using smoke to obscure his view. I personally have found triggermen to be quite easy to defeat using one or both methods or the two combined. In this scenario, the canalising terrain is about 100m-200m long so you can rush vehicles across under cover of smoke quite easily (although I'd do it singly to avoid one IED taking out multiple vehicles) or suppress using coax (to avoid destroying buildings) without having to expend massive amounts of ammunition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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