ORIGINAL: Knyvet
Don't forget to throw a minesweeper tf in the mix at a early point - it feels pretty good when you read a line saying it cleared a "path" through a minefield.
I usually have a seperate small minesweepering task force, but have always wondered: If I have a AM in a TF set to an Amphib mission, will the minesweeper still sweep and clear a path for the TF? If so, is it just the destination hex (like a Local Minesweeping TF) or 7 hexes (like a Minesweeping TF)?
The manual says at 6.62 "valid ships in a Minesweeping or Local Minesweeping TF, sweep mines". It seems reflect that a AM in an amphib task force will not sweep any mines.
Thoughts?[&:]
If the TF has a minesweeper, then it will attempt to sweep mines when it detects a minefield entering a hex. Same as a DD would, but with better performance.
A dedicated minesweeping TF should do a better job though.