[blitzkreig]

I love spotter planes when playing the Germans to, allows you to cover ground with cheap "eyes on" that you might not be able to cover otherwise due to always being outnumbered. My favorite tactics:

1. Use a plane to keep an eye on an open flank well away from enemy AAA. This allows you to concentrate your forces on one wing of the enemy while still allowing you to redeploy a reserve if the AI tries a sneaky flank attack.

2. Think SEAD- no fancy missiles here but if you have the numbers you can use a cheapish ground attack plane to recce the enemy defences before supressing them with Arty and/or Stukas allowing your Spotters to fly around unmolested for several turns depending on how much AAA they have.

3.Remeber a storch is a terribly vulnerable thing with no real armour at all, fly it into harms way and they will go down. The Uhl is better armoured but can't stand up to much more than light AAMG fire. Remember to use the air entry/exist point to avoid knwon AAA postions or enenmy held Rear area objective hexs which are nearly always defended by AAA.

4. Light ,espiallyy self propelled AA is good tool for the Germans to with or without an enemy air threat. They can make mince meat out of a massed inf attack in the open if used right, I have at least a plt's worth in my core.

Hope this helps.