BigDork Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I just experienced the most devistating air strike I've ever suffered. In four turns I lost 4 tanks, a PaK40, and several infantry to one IL-10 'Beast' I've never, never seen this happen before. Half the time I get a plane it either aims for my troops or misses it's targets by at least 50 yards. I'm just wondering if this was a lucky fluke or something that actually happens kind of often and I've just always been unlucky. One other question, do 88mm Flak cannons shoot at these planes or not? I have two and they just sit there. Weren't the 88s more for shooting at the high flying bombers than the lower flying fighter/bombers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDork Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Oh and then it gets better. Then the plane proceeds to fire on units I have hidden in woods. WfF??? How can he see them? Oh well. Perhaps I'll get this lucky someday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Originally posted by BigDork: One other question, do 88mm Flak cannons shoot at these planes or not? I have two and they just sit there. Weren't the 88s more for shooting at the high flying bombers than the lower flying fighter/bombers? They will not shoot at any of the planes in CM. For that, you will need 20mm or 37mm. Maybe some of your MGs might too, but I haven't personally seen that. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 What's this doing here? Scroll down for what I actually wanted to post. [ October 02, 2003, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: flamingknives ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Originally posted by BigDork: Then the plane proceeds to fire on units I have hidden in woods. WfF??? How can he see them?This was discussed not too long ago. It appears to be a design flaw. The air aspect of CM is one of those things due for a serious overhaul in CMX. Until then, it's probably best simply not to use it at all. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 88s don't fire at tactical fighter-bombers, only 40mm and lighter do. Flexible MGs will fire at planes within range, so given the range of most MGs, don't fire that often. ISU series SPGs mount a 12.7mm HMG and do fire at aircraft quite readily IL-10s are, IIRC, very expensive - more than a heavy tank, easily. The most expensive planes come in at around 500pts while the cheapest are less then 100pts so you have a wide range of capabilities. A halfway-decent amount of AA fire really messes up the accuracy of air attacks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDork Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Originally posted by flamingknives: IL-10s are, IIRC, very expensive - more than a heavy tank, easily. The most expensive planes come in at around 500pts...Well perhaps it's worth it sometimes. That 500 point plane took out a platoon of StuGs, a Hetzer, a PaK40, killed about 10 infantry, knocked out a 81mm mortar. The only thing is I really don't think that this happens very often. But then again I never buy the expensive planes. Is it worth getting the more expensive ones? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I rarely bother, as much cheaper Flak units can really spoil a planes day, and the random factor of 'who shall I attack today?' is really exacerbated by the amount of firepower they have. That being said, Soviet aircraft mounting 30mm+ cannon are great at punching holes in the side of German tanks you can't ouflank, because the side armour of most Panzers is really thin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 well i don't know whether this matters, but hell I've had my isu152 shoot a german plane with its mg so its possible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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