GDog Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I am playing a scenario I made against a PBEM opponent, and it has come to the point where I, the defender, MUST blow a "medium" bridge to limit his number of approaches accessible by armor. My infantry task force sent to blow the bridge with grenade bundles was suppressed and routed by undetected enemy over-watch infantry. Now, with the enemies tanks creeping towards the bridge I need to blow it from afar. Units with direct LOS able to area fire the medium bridge right now are 2x Panzer IIIn (late) and 1x Panzer IVH. All 3 tanks have a 75mm main gun (HE blast 45) for a combined HE blast of 135 per salvo. Will they blow the bridge any time soon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 GDog, If it's wood, maybe. If it's stone, forget it. There used to be an analysis someone did on what it took to kill the various bridge types with artillery, but I fear it was lost when the server either at BFC or Fragment crashed. You would've found it helpful, for it gave shell requirements by size, starting with 75mm. I did quite a bit of digging, and so far, haven't found it. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDog Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thanks John. It's medium stone, so I guess I'm in trouble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 This may be a stupid question, but is the Pz IVH not better employed by keyholing it so it can take out tanks from the flank as they cross the bridge? Can the IIINs smoke anywhere to help him achieve this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDog Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Note, the bridge just blew after 2 turns of area fire by the 3 Panzers listed above. I would say total HE "blast" applied to the bridge before it blew was about 1000 +/- 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 GDog, Would say you lucked out. Good thing it wasn't a heavy bridge! Presume all tanks had the same aimpoint? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDog Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 John, I'd say they all shared a Target Point within 3m radius. The close range of 250m or less helped too I'm sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewood Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Originally posted by John Kettler: GDog, If it's wood, maybe. If it's stone, forget it. There used to be an analysis someone did on what it took to kill the various bridge types with artillery, but I fear it was lost when the server either at BFC or Fragment crashed. You would've found it helpful, for it gave shell requirements by size, starting with 75mm. I did quite a bit of digging, and so far, haven't found it. Must I remind you that Wood is the strongest material known to man! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yushal Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I think POS migrated all his tactics posts over to gamesquad? If that was what you were referring to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Courtesy of PoorOldSpike himself, to whom my thanks, here's the link to an extremely useful discussion of the art and science of destroying CM bridges. It includes the all-important table of how many shells of what type are needed for which bridge by size and type, as well as satchel charge requirements for destroying various sizes of wooden bridges. Naturally, it also includes his wonderful captioned screenshots to illustrate the text. http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63124 Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 John Kettler is right, PoorOldSpike's posts are wonder. By the way, here's an alternative link: Bridge work http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/showthread.php?tid=39887 cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon DC Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 John Kettler is right, PoorOldSpike's posts are wonder. By the way, here's an alternative link: Bridge work http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/showthread.php?tid=39887 cheers Yup, POS is over at the Blitz now... the most recent place that hasn't kicked him out yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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