Night Harassment Bombing

[Rock64]

I think I'm doing something wrong as my U-2VS are getting slaughtered for no result. Has anyone had any luck with night harassment bombing and if so, how did you do it?
Thanks

[Zebtucker12]

The optimal thing is to use them for groundsupport.
If you really want to do nightmissions i recomend doing interdiction across a large area to hurt enemy adminmovment.

[Rock64]

I was just trying to use them as they were historically used.

[Sammy5IsAlive]

In my 'head-canon' the historical effects of the night bombing is reflected in the attrition casualties/fatigue malus you get from having units in contact with the enemy and also in the gradual decline in German national morale as the war progresses.

My feeling is that the U2s are included for completeness rather than any expectation that their use will have a meaningful effect given the scale (geographical and time) that the game operates on. So if anything you can get double the use out of them as you can add them to day ground support ADs as Zeb suggests.

[Rock64]

Yeah, that's a good way to look at it. I don't really care, just wondering if I was doing something wrong.

[ShaggyHiK]

Day raids. 9 aircraft. Not from a great height. Work every day without sparing the materiel.

At night only with high pilot experience 80+.

[Omat]

Hello

I used them. I my oppionion quite succesful.

I used the as nigh attack. Target "unit". So you get many damged and disruped elements.

Keep in mind that damaged elements have a chance to be destroyed. See 23.10.3. Damaged and Disrupted Elements.

Also after that you can attack. You will not win but units with fatigue will not perform well. Overall a tool to generate some destroyed elements (in a indirect way).

I think espessaly the arty and howitzer damged and disruped elements hurts for the axis side.

Omat