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Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:20 pm**

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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:29 pm**

ORIGINAL: jmalter

the spotting msg gave me the impression that a floatplane spots for only one ship (presumably the one that launched it).

i'd like to know if it spots for the entire TF, & whether or not your 'recon CVE' idea works!

IIRC, float plane spotting for bombardment is simplified in that one plane will act as spotter for the TF. Think "dropping flares at night" to light up target - all ships in range would benefit.

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