@barnee
By now, we have completed 4 games of Global 1943 with the Combat Engineer unit.
So far, Germany has from game start produced the Combat Engineer unit.
During the fighting on the Eastern Front, the German Combat Engineer unit is highly effective - transporting Landmines & Artillery units - as well as preparing Landig Strips for Fighter & Tactical Bomber units.
We have even seen an attempt to move the Minor Industrial Complex in France further to the East.
The United States also produced the Combat Engineer unit, mostly for constructing Landing Strips in Africa and a few islands in The Pacific.
A question came up during Play Testing:
“Does a Landing Strip, constructed by a Combat Engineer unit, increase the Flight Range of Air Units?”
The answer is no.
A Landing Strip is an “improvised” airfield for Air units - constructed with only the materials at hand in order to make the Air unit land - and without extensive support units, fuel, facilities etc. that an Air Base contains.