Good points all
If anyone thinks for ONE second that any ground AA gun stands an ice cubes chance in hell of surviving a hail of bombs from Jabo's or bombers needs to have thier head examined.
Now, YES a few planes will get hit, but to stop an attcking A/C with an AA gun is virtually impossible. There is no way to stop the 500' off the deck carpet bombing Lanc's & b17's, let alone the ones at 5-6k.
People somehow have the impression that if HT were to add veh's like the Wirbelwind & 88 any plane flying near one would be simply cutt to ribbons.
This is not the case. First off, the Wirbelwind has quad 20mm guns, while they do spit a lot of lead, it is only for a short time. The magazines that feed each gun only holds 20 rounds each.
The gun is empty in only 6 seconds, reload is often. Unlike the Ostwind that (in game) can be fired indefinately or until empty.
The 4 20mm guns on the Wirbelwind are no more leathal than the 4 20mm guns on the Tiffy or N1K2J.
The 88 could be used for both air and ground targets just as it did in WWII. It should have to be towed and deployed just as it did in WWII. It would be nice to have "gun crews" for these weapons.
As it is right now someone can "join" as a gunner or observer, so why not as a spotter or loader?
There is lots of possibilities but to think that these particular weapons are going sway the game or make things unbalanced is totally insane.