RE: Obstacles, Part 2

You wrote: 
>
>I've seen, in training videos, and heard from others that you can set
>and blow both sides at once.  When I asked some advanced Pioneers 
about >doing one then the other they looked kinda strange at me ;-)  

Hey, that's what the manual calls for.	

>Maybe Americans are more cautious or maybe it's engineers as a whole.
>Are you thinking of training doctrine for creating abatis that 
emphasis >safety?  Safety restrictions would be a lot less in war.

Probably neatness, knowing some of the senior members o' my Corps.

>Abatis is set up prior to game start (charges set but not blown).

Ah!  Easy.  No problem doing like this.  Thought you were talking 
prime, set charges, blow, all under fire.  Gah!  That would be 
God-awful.  Why?  You gotta sit down a measure every tree you're going 
to blow and calculate charge, otherwise you'll cut the tree clean 
through or not knock it down.  Wouldn't even call for a roll if the 
charges are set up beforehand--any idiot should be able to set charges 
dual-primed/dual-detonated which goes off often enough to not call for 
a roll.

John M. Atkinson