Ground Vehicles Turn Field Capture into a Tactical Air Equation

[leonid]

The inclusion of ground vehicles will shift capture of airfields into low level tactical air events.  And the reason is simple: ground vehicles will be the final defenders of airfields.  A high altitude bomber can certainly lay waste an airfield's stationary targets, but against mobile ground vehicles such bombers become very ineffective.  The only solution to effectively eliminating ground vehicles is either:[list=a]

• Bring aircraft low to deliver their ordinance up close.
• Fight 'fire with fire', and bring ground vehicles to bear on the defending vehicles.[/list=a]
  In either case, aircraft will be needed down low (0 - 5,000 feet), whether in an offensive or defensive role.
  
  Of course, high altitude bombing will still have its place with factories and bases deep within enemy territory, and can certainly aid in seriously damaging airfields.  But, the only way troops from a C-47 will ever be able to safely assault an airfield's bunker will be if there are no ground vehicles nearby.  In fact, C-47s will be nothing but deathtraps wherever ground vehicles congregate.
  
  Ground vehicles are the key, and it will probably be SOP to compose a ground element as part of an airfield attack.  In other words, combined arms.
  
  This game is just getting better  
  
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  leonid, Komandir
  5 GIAP VVS RKKA
  
  "Our cause is just.  The enemy will be crushed.  Victory will be ours."

[Ripsnort]

I believe they will program a "1000 lb." factor, meaning when you let go of a 1000 lber near a vehicle on the field, it will consequently be destroyed due to  the powerful blast radius...in other words, don't park your Volkswagen next to the ack!

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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 03-17-2000).]

[funked]

One thing I've loved about the terrain here (WTG Ogre) is all the small rolling hills and ridges and folds and valleys.  I can't wait to see how this plays out in terms of concealment and cover for the ground units!

All we need now is some snow on the ground, and some T-34's and IL-2's.  

[This message has been edited by funked (edited 03-17-2000).]

[leonid]

Ripsnort,

I think bombs will be, if not already, modelled for blast and shrapnel damage for any vehicle, just like in WB.  In fact, it must be already, given that buildings can be destroyed by indirect hits.

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leonid, Komandir
5 GIAP VVS RKKA

"Our cause is just.  The enemy will be crushed.  Victory will be ours."