Originally posted by DREDIOCK
There is an old saying that goes back to WWI and it is as true today as it was then
"the best way to kill a tank is with another tank"
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And thats the way is supposed to be
True enough. The Ju-87G was so successful because of the special ammo they used in the 37mm.
All that being said, this is yet another example of how the MA favors pork-based gameplay. Send one jerk in at warp 7 to bomb and auger on the ord, and another to auger on the VH, then up a pile of GV's knowing that the airbase has nothing to defend with. So you end up with a dozen guys dumping 1000's of rounds into GV's with very little chance of success.
And, in fact, even when ord is up, you still see GV rushes on bases because the odds of killing a tank from the air even with 1000 pounders isn't that sure a thing. The GV's use no air cover - they don't need any - the odds are all in their favor.
And I won't even go into the tedious boredom of clearing the dozen GV's during the usual base capture. Not that there's anything wrong with using Osties, but that the odds of survival are so much in their favor - even with tactical bombers in the mix. Does anyone honestly think that in 1944 an Ostie would roll out in the open with 4 Tiffy's overhead? I sure don't.
It's stuff like this which adds to the foul mood of the MA.
Look ... the one plane which is pretty much useless for anything else but tank busting is the Hurri IID. Even if it isn't realistic, give us at least one plane which can reliably kill tanks from the rear quarter. Take away it's HE ammo completely so it's only is is anti-tank.
But the "food chain" is broken ... GV's need one plane which, when they see it, they know they better move or hide or do whatever they can to make themselves less of a target.
-DoK
