Jimbo Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Folks, I suspect the answer is "no"... but let me ask... Can "permanent" bridges (i.e. those bridges contained on map file) be "blown"/destroyed during run time ? My experiments on the 450 ton bridge, with airstrikes and IEDs would seem to indicate no. Can the engineer vehicle (Biber, MT-55) bridges be destroyed during game play ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yes to 1st But the amout of massive IED depend of the bridge type. No to 2nd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: Can "permanent" bridges (i.e. those bridges contained on map file) be "blown"/destroyed during run time ? My experiments on the 450 ton bridge, with airstrikes and IEDs would seem to indicate no. Yes the IEDs need to be "sizeable" - e.g. for a 400t freeway bridge a 1,000 lb JDAM. 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: Can the engineer vehicle (Biber, MT-55) bridges be destroyed during game play ? Not the bridge span itself, but you can deny access to it by an IED placed at one end so there is a sizable crater between the approach and the bridge span - would tend to need some tinkering / testing though to get the crater big enough. Edited April 14, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thank you, Gentleman... FYI ... I got it to go with 2 IEDs configured as 8 x 2000lbs. Didn't try too hard to reduce the charges, a little less might work... But 1 x 10 x 2000lbs did not. Very excited. I like a little random chaos in my scenarios, and loss of an expected route will be fit the bill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 16 x 2,000lb JDAMS?! I should hope so. I suspect the people writing the ATO may be in touch. Edited April 14, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond_Villian Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 @Jimbo Bit of info from the WIKI; http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbwiki/index.php?title=Bridges 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJ_Fubar Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I am actually working on updating the wiki for this, but 2x2000lb bombs should drop a single truss bridge section, while a single 2000lb bomb should suffice for the larger concrete segments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 23 hours ago, Gibsonm said: 16 x 2,000lb JDAMS?! I should hope so. I suspect the people writing the ATO may be in touch. We'll attribute it to garbled comms in the J-TACs nine-line briefing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Jimbo said: We'll attribute it to garbled comms in the J-TACs nine-line briefing. If you want extra "colour" - you can pre populate the bridge with some "Green" (or other neutral, non Blue / Red side) so they aren't shown on the map, set them to being damaged / destroyed, then when the bridge is "blown" there will be suitable vehicle wrecks both on and under / around the bridge (when the span is dropped / disappears the wrecks fall down). When I get home I can provide some screenshots. Edited April 15, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) @Jimbo Here you are: Mission Editor 2 x JDAM clusters on the main bridge (JDAM #1 and #3, each 4 x 2,000lb), one on the secondary (JDAM #2 - 1 x 1,000lb): Pre H hr: Post Detonation: I suspect you don't need 4 x 2,000lb to achieve the effect, but I didn't really want to go through numerous testing runs to pick just the right one - I just wanted the bridge dropped at mission start to deny the route. Note: The grouping of "green" vehicles and civilians gathered near the detonation point and their subsequent distribution. The idea here was to convey a NATO / West German withdrawal route, denied by Soviet CAS sortie. I am however looking at a series of detonations for say a Reserve Demolition: a. A smaller charge to reflect the initial cratering when the RESDEM is prepared, and b. A larger charge that drops the bridge, when the RESDEM is fired. Edited April 15, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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