how to use or advantage of bridging unit ?

[zeeker]

I am new to game.
Playing the tutorial 3, where they have bridging unit.
how to use it ? what advantage it have ?
sorry for bad english.
thank you.

[AgentX]

@zeeker, it is a specialty unit that, when moved onto a river, allows other units to cross like there is a bridge. That's why the image of them has a pontoon like unit with them: they build pontoon bridges for your other units to cross over a river. Here's an example of a tank's movement, before and after a bridge unit has been placed. See how it's stuck in the before picture, but then can cross once the bridge unit is moved onto the river. Also note where the bridge unit is. If it had been placed one hex down (next to the city), the tank and other units wouldn't be able to cross because the enemy position, and it's zone of control, would prevent movement across.

Before bridge unit is in place:


After bridge unit is on the river:


Bridge unit too close, zone of control prevents crossing:

[zeeker]

Thanks a lot !! nice explanation.
I will try to do this.
I think i place the unit as in picture 3, and saw no difference,so i was wondering how to use this.
thanks again.

[Kerensky]

Because in picture 3, the ZOC (zone of control) of the Allied infantry unit on the city blocks use of the bridge.

[JatMan]

Do bridge units still get the combat disadvantage of fighting from a river hex??

[Rudankort]

Do bridge units still get the combat disadvantage of fighting from a river hex??

No, they are immune to river penalty.

[Horseman]

Do bridge units still get the combat disadvantage of fighting from a river hex??

No, they are immune to river penalty.

But they are pretty weak combat units to start with!

[Rudankort]

But they are pretty weak combat units to start with!

Their immunity to river penalties makes them more persistent to enemy attacks while they are doing bridging job, but of course this does not make them a prime assault unit for attacking enemies behind the rivers.

[Horseman]

But they are pretty weak combat units to start with!

Their immunity to river penalties makes them more persistent to enemy attacks while they are doing bridging job, but of course this does not make them a prime assault unit for attacking enemies behind the rivers.

How I wish I could have the bridging units from PG....also awesome in combat!

[Rudankort]

How I wish I could have the bridging units from PG....also awesome in combat!

Yeah, in PG my core used exclusively bridging infantry units, which is actually kinda funny.

[Horseman]

Funny that, I always kept some "light" Infantry around, their movement of 3 came in useful at times....though I had a pretty standard approach to buildign my core up I used to change things about from campaign to campaign just to keep things interesting

[patriot14]

Bridging units in PG were also immune to entrenchment and were devastating on fortifications. Forts in PC are a pain. Took me 4 turns to knock out the one in Barbarossa.

[MajVonRyan]

During my first couple of missions I protected my (1) bridging unit from attack. However, I have found that the unit is very good when attacking inf. as it appears to be a Pioneer unit.

[spartan18a]

Why not to change the unit representing the pontoon bridge when acting as such?

[4kEY]

That looks like an impassable river?

[El_Condoro]

All rivers are passable to bridging engineers.

[soldier]

I miss the toughness of taking on a fully entrenched bridger in PG. Sometimes they could hold you up for 2 days (even longer in bad weather) and you really needed your pioneers to do the job. Artillery and tanks really struggled and those rugged defenses could decimate your prized units. Too easy to suppress with artillery and roll on in PzC with few losses or delays.

[spartan18a]

All rivers are passable to bridging engineers.

In the Sedan scenario too?

[robman]

All rivers are passable to bridging engineers.

In the Sedan scenario too?

No. Rivers wider than a single "river hex" cannot be forded by engineers. You need water transports from the port towns.

In "Spanish General," a mod of Allied General, there is an interesting scenario (Ebro) with pontoon bridge units that can be linked together to cross a greater-than-one-hex river. They can move (including on to each other, which is how you get across) and they can be destroyed.

[El_Condoro]

The underlying terrain for the river at Sedan is actually shallow sea, so bridging engineers are no use there.