Bangers and MASH

Gameplay of Bangers and MASH

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> "*The guns on this canyon have been causing havoc throughout Saustralia. If you can silence them, the entire island will belong to us!!*"
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> -Major I. P. Grimly giving instructions for mission 10
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**Bangers and MASH** is the tenth mission of Hogs of War. It is located in area in northeastern Saustralia. It is the fifth and last mission on this island.

## Terrain

The terrain is desert and there are alot of slopes and high ground places here. Player's pigs are located in a low altitude valley, while all enemies are on the top of the hills. Nearby player's pigs, there are two ponds that are easy to fall into if player's pigs are attacked by artilleries in the centre of the map. Those artilleries are surrounded by walls that make it harder to shoot them with sniper rifles, so player is usually forced to get up. For new players without experience, it might be very hard to get on the top and take very long time, but advanced players have noticed there is a wall climb on the "player's" side of the map, that can be used to gain access to enemy scout and quick way up to both of artilleries. There is also a big number of trees in this level.

## Vehicles

As said above, there are two artilleries on the far "right" centre of the map. These have the high ground and can attack player's pigs very easily. However, they both have only half of their health - 100 instead of 200 health. There is also a MASH tent on the "upper left" side of the map that is occupied by one of player's pigs at the start of level.

## Pick-ups

There are three pick-ups in this level - one of them is TNT located under hill with enemy scout, one of them containing three mortars is on a higher place under the artilleries, but it is accessible only from the lower places, not from the "artillery mountain", and one is a Super TNT located between a bunch of trees on a higher place right next to the artilleries.

## Promotion Points

There is one PP available right in the mission - but it is hidden in a box with promotion point drawn on it on the mountain with artilleries. It is very hard to destroy it. Destruction often requires use of Super TNT and normal TNT.

## Enemies

Even though the enemies seem to be very powerful, they are actually just on basic ranks and become very vulnerable after their artilleries get destroyed. There are two gunners occupying artilleries and one scout located on a small hill with possible wall climb near valley where the player's pigs are. The scout starts by throwing poison gas on some of player's pigs (he misses and throws it into one of the ponds if player is lucky enough) and then often gets paralysed and keeps hiding until some of the player's pigs move nearby.

In the hard mode, there are two bombardiers occupying artilleries and one sniper.

## Trivia

* Name of this mission is inspired by national British dish called *bangers and mash* - sausages with mashed potatoes - it is a parody as MASH is an abbreviation for *Mobile Army Surgical Hospital*, because there is a MASH tent in this level.
* Bangers and MASH is the first mission to include artilleries. They are included only in three missions in singleplayer campain - **10**, 16 and 22.
* Along with first and second mission, Bangers and MASH is a mission with lowest number of enemy pigs.