[cospas]

Hi all,

I am posting this thread cause i would like to know what is the uses of engineer squad or pioneer.

Following the manual, they can remove mine, that's all about them. Is there anothere usage for them? are they elite troop?

[Manoi]

personaly, I use them as assault squads in buildings or fortified positions. They are very good in close combat actions.

[Dfox]

[mooxe]

They are excellent for close quarters like Manoi says. Infact, they are best used in short run fast commands. If I can I usually engage a position with rifle squads to attract the enemy fire. Once the enemy is pinned, send in the engineers. They are especially effective with flamethrowers.

The units with flamethrowers can be used in the opposite way I describe. Supress an enemy unit with the flamethrower either by a direct hit or aiming somewhat close. If its hits or hits close enough they will get supressed by one shot. Rush in your rifle teams then. This method keeps casualties lower for your engineer teams, which is helpful as you don't usually have many of them.

[Dfox]

[cospas]

Now  i know them better. They are very powerfull with their explosives which can blow an entire squad easely.

[mooxe]

When you hear the charge being thrown, get all your men in ambush mode right away.

[stiener]

in TLD the germans have pioneers which have 1 satchel charge and 1 more man in the squad than a regular german grenadier squad. the have 1 MP 40 and and the rest of the squad has rifles.
i believe the germans pioneers were set up simalair in WAR as well.

its my understanding that german pioneers would have more weapons, more assault weapons like MG's and MORE explosives, satchel charges and grenades.

i dont know why there are so lame now in the 2 games?? and i dont know where mooxe is getting the flamethrowers from in TLD?

now german assault enginners is another matter........flamethrowers and all the above pioneer equipment......im wondering why there isnt any of these squads in TLD and WAR. especially WAR and in the premier german BG's.

can this be remedied matrix guru's?

i havent had a real good look at the allied engineers in TLD yet....been playing german side too much.

[Ciggy]

still doesnt answer my question about whether they repair vehicles etc

[Tejszd]

[stiener]

i believe the manual says if you sneak your engineers or pioneers then they remove mines, other than that they do not FIX anything. as the others have said there very good assault troops when used properly.

[Dima]

[pvt_Grunt]

[MajorFrank]

Right now I'm playing Dima's TRSM mod for GJS as the allied and I very rarely use engineer as anything but a kind of ad-hoc tank destroyer crew. When I run out of designated AT troops, I break out the engineers. They have been known to at least immobilize tanks.

[Dfox]

[Dima]

Yeah, have just tested - they don't clear mines in CC5

[ArmeeGruppeSud]

[Dima]

Didn't i tell CC5? ;)

[ArmeeGruppeSud]

[Dfox]