now who's putting words in who's mouth......at no time have i said that the sm-82 would be the ONLY italian aircraft,bomber or other,added to the game.at no time did i ever say that if we get the sm-82 it would replace all other italian bombers.i simply said that it would be a comparable performing TRANSPORT,which the axis needs,AND it could bomb in scenario's and special events and would be useful in those events as a bomber and transport(air sea rescue) and in the main arena as a transport,and by adding the one plane we get the benefits in multi arena's.i HAVE stated that other aircraft are needed.
as for performance of transports not being significant....you should try capturing a base right now...with the hanomag german halftrack.WHEN there are others trying to do the same in the m-3 american halftrack.there is only a small difference in speed performance between those two,but it makes a BIG difference in the actually delivery of troops. now look at the speed difference between the ju-52 and the c-47,its almost 2x. that means IF you have no enemy aircraft attacking the transports,the c-47 will get there and let troops out twice as fast as the ju-52. try that a few times and not many people will fly the ju-52 when the c-47 is available....same as it is in game right now between the hanomag german halftrack and the american m-3 halftrack.