Bridge Ops in M44 and B45

[Dog Soldier]

IIRC, B44 was designed to take a while longer for Germans to build bridges than in other PzC. This was by design. The rivers in the battle were not large, except the Meuse, but they did have steep banks. Building a bridge in winter, and this was a cold winter, in freezing water, can take longer than in the summer. Some of the German engineer units were nothing more than labor gangs. They did not have special equipment. They had axes and saws to cut nearby timber to construct their bridges in some cases.
The Germans were on the end of their rope by the time of the Bulge battle and I think the frustration most players have with the bridging operations is consistent with the same frustration of the historical commanders.

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