The following were observed on a test map with every terrain type, using German Pioniers broken down into squad-sized teams to search for anti-personnel mines.
Allied engineers and German Pionieren can be used to reveal hidden mines. The goal is to do so while suffering the least possible casualties. This is accomplished by crawling the engineers through the suspect area. In non-agricultural terrain of all types this appears to reveal hidden mines the same turn, occasionally the next. In that same terrain marking mines will take just one more turn, rarely two. Density of trees and shrubs appears to have no influence on detection time.
Agricultural terrain such as ploughed fields and crops, appears to be more difficult. In these fields it seems necessary to remain in place for as much as four or five turns to detect hidden mines. Marking mines in agricultural fields similarly takes longer than in natural terrain.
Casualties do occur but are very low, about 2%.
Once the mines have been marked, infantry can safely pass through provided they are broken down into squads and do not move quick or fast. Vehicles must still move 'around' marked mines.
Allied engineers and German Pionieren can be used to reveal hidden mines. The goal is to do so while suffering the least possible casualties. This is accomplished by crawling the engineers through the suspect area. In non-agricultural terrain of all types this appears to reveal hidden mines the same turn, occasionally the next. In that same terrain marking mines will take just one more turn, rarely two. Density of trees and shrubs appears to have no influence on detection time.
Agricultural terrain such as ploughed fields and crops, appears to be more difficult. In these fields it seems necessary to remain in place for as much as four or five turns to detect hidden mines. Marking mines in agricultural fields similarly takes longer than in natural terrain.
Casualties do occur but are very low, about 2%.
Once the mines have been marked, infantry can safely pass through provided they are broken down into squads and do not move quick or fast. Vehicles must still move 'around' marked mines.