LUCASWILLEN05 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 In a scenario I am working on I had a couple of waves of Luftwaffe air support timed to come in supporting a Panzer thrust (the scenario uses the Berezina map which, let us say is not ideal tank country Anyway, I made a bit of a mess of the traffic management while clearing a small Soviet bridgehead on the German side of the river. Anyway, the traffic got snarled up into a nasty trafficjam. At which point the Luftwaffe arrived (i can only have been them as the Soviets don;t yet have air support available) And then the Luftwaffe misidentify German vehicles "thiking" they are Soviet To be fair to the Luftwaffe there were Soviet infantry positions a about 400 meters away on the other side of the river. I lost the best bart of a Panzer Grenadier Platoon. Danke Schon Goering! Would Target registration points better guide the Luftwaffe in attacking the right places? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A co Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Probably the best you can do is purchase the air assets as Crack quality, but even then there's no guarantee about which side they'll attack, or how accurate the ordnance will be. Air introduces a very unpredictable element into a battle, and the lack of control frustrates many players, I think it's fair to say. But best of luck with the scenario. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostRider3/3 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Speaking of planes... I have played many scenarios where there are planes buzzing about.. but I rarely or have yet to see my AA flak guns fire skyward or actually change in the direction they were looking in the first place. Do I need to set Target Arcs, or do they automatically respond to aircraft? Anyone know, I realize the manual says they will fire but I had troops get strafed twice while my flak cannons just sat there in a clearing.. eating strudel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 You should not have to do anything for them to fire. I have seen it. Hopefully they will finish their mean refreshed and get back to work for you soon. Let us know if they continue to do nothing... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A co Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I have seen them fire at aircraft as they should. They can only target the planes when they are actually attacking, though. They don't fire at the sound of planes in the turns prior to the attack, when I guess they are considered to be out of range. Smoke, suppression, or intervening terrain features can prevent them from firing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.