Engineer's Effectiveness

[Reddog]

Does the strength of an engineer platoon have any effect on that unit blowing or building bridges, destroying a wall and/or other engineer only abilities?

I ask because we all know any strength (from 1 -> 6) engineer platoon can lay smoke or clear a minefield but what about their other abilities. Especially now since JTCS has added more things they can do.

What about whether their in supply or not? Does that make a difference because again it makes no difference when they lay smoke or clear minefields... except they can't clear a minefield when they're disrupted.

To me it looks like the strength of units in this game does make a big difference during almost all activities from fighting and defending... you live longer by absorbing more losses in a firefight... :) to movement and visibility restrictions. So again... IMHO... the strength of an engineer platoon should make a difference in their effectiveness while performing any of these special engineer abilities.

So the root of my post is I don't know if an engineer's strength is a factor?