perking Ju-87G-2 is too harsh
why not give it an ENY of 5?
Because giving it a small ENY doesn't do anything to control its numbers.
You need to set up a firing angle to kill a Panzer with a Hurri2D or a IL-2. And even then, you need to hit it at certain speeds and angles to achieve penetration. It takes time and practice to kill tanks by strafing. Tigers are mostly immune to strafing from any aircraft in the first place. Also, a low-alt ordnance drop against GVs takes lot of practice to execute perfectly.
In other words, killing tanks with aircraft isn't easy for most people. Unless there are a number of experienced tank busters operating from a field, currently it is entirely possible to overwhelm aerial defenses and reach the town/field by armoured assault and suppress it.
This gives people reason to use tanks, because, the survivability of the tanks is balanced with the difficulty of tank busting in the MA. Tanks are dead meat without aerial cover,
IF there are people who know how to bust tanks.
BUT, it takes a lot of practice to knock out tanks, and the number of people who know how to do it is always few.
However, that particular Stuka is armed with a gun that penetrates a Tiger hull armour from the front. You don't need to set up angles, or aim for engine compartments or top armour and stuff in that plane. Just approach, aim, and get a round or two on it and the tank will be at least damaged somewhere.
In other words, the difficulty of tank busting goes waaaaaaaay low if this plane goes free, and that means the end of tank battles in the MA. Unlike in the game, these Stukas operated in limited numbers and according to exact schedule. In the MA we can respawn again and again and again, until one gets that 37mm AP shot into the target tank, which results in a dead tank.
There's nothing harsh about perking the Ju87G-2.
People should consider it a real risk to use it, and think of operating it only when there are absolutely no enemy threats nearby. Their numbers should ALWAYS remain very few in the MA - about as common as seeing Me262s in the game.
Personally, I think it should be perked no less than 30 bomber perks.
The fact that it's slow or vulnerable to AA vehicles or enemy fighters doesn't matter at all. The only thing that matters is how well it does its intended work , and the answer is that it does it SO well, that it endangers the entire ground warfare aspect of the game.
If the Ju87G goes free, then there should be a mobile 5" gun mounted on M3s as a countermeasure for GVs. That's how much that plane is threatening to tanks.
