Newshine (Neusheune) "bugboy" snipers start to plinkpin the flame units. M22A3 Jackson medium tanks and M40 Ridgway heavy tanks were deployed, but the bugboys could see their outdated Jacksons from a continent away thanks to the detection gear they install in the Trobrians. The 3rd Colonial marine tank batallion was ambushed in Highway two, which is sorrounded by thorny alien Karyta (a native tree), but captain Hayward J. Lay Jr, ordered open fire AP flechette rounds and flamethrowers to the trees. They only lost one tank and the crew of other injured.