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No supply in China to risk an attack...so those British troopers will be using Piats defensively. Some will be on the front line in two days or so...BBfanboy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:18 pm IME, when attacking artillery with tanks or infantry a DA is more effective and has fewer losses than a SA (unless the enemy arty is out of supply or already disabled). I wonder if it is the same for PIAT squads attacking the tanks - they need to work their way close using cover rather than try to dash out of cover hoping to get close enough for a shot.
I used Stuarts with Infantry in DAs to attack Japanese formations with arty - it worked well enough without too many losses. SAs did not work out and having the Stuarts in Reserve-Pursuit mode did not seem to pay off well when the enemy did retreat. Open terrain might be a different story - my attacks were in Jungle or Jungle Rough terrain.
That's bizarre! I would not want to do that either.CaptBeefheart wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:36 am
One last thing on bombardments: I don't remember player names, but there was a late-game AAR where the AFB was using invasion TFs primarily for bombardment. He'd create an amphibious TF with BBs, escorts and maybe one LCI with supply and "land" the supply at say Nagoya, where he had troops that came by land trying to take the base. It appeared amphib bombardment was more powerful than normal shore bombardment. Some commenters considered it gamey, but I think he justified it by saying it was a real slog at that point in the war.
Cheers,
CB
It happened to me in my first pbem...Allies would put one cargo ship with supplies and the rest would be large ships bombarding....lots of messages on it, with Alfred chiming in this was a clear game exploit that the developers never had a chance or time to address.witpqs wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:03 pmThat's bizarre! I would not want to do that either.CaptBeefheart wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:36 am
One last thing on bombardments: I don't remember player names, but there was a late-game AAR where the AFB was using invasion TFs primarily for bombardment. He'd create an amphibious TF with BBs, escorts and maybe one LCI with supply and "land" the supply at say Nagoya, where he had troops that came by land trying to take the base. It appeared amphib bombardment was more powerful than normal shore bombardment. Some commenters considered it gamey, but I think he justified it by saying it was a real slog at that point in the war.
Cheers,
CB
