SPAA or SPAG ?

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Arralen said:
The game engine still likes to buy tons of SPAA and use them as SPAGs .. .

Due to overrated armor and survivability on most SPAAs with some success, I must say.
As long as a M53/59 SPAA (6-wheeled lightly armored APC with 2x30mm AAgun) can take 155mm Offboard Arty hits or a burst of 20mm AP from 300m, there's really few reason to leave them behind.

I have seen this behaviour since the very first Steel Panthers, but it still annoys me to no end !

Is there any posibility to make the AI not move SPAA forward ?

The game is designed in the AI code to move SPAA forwards with the troops, to give the forward troops AA cover.

The AI is designed to not let them get too close, but in the end game it will use them (and SP-ATGM and other classes that normally hang back) to close and take objecctives, usually since there will likely be very few AI actual tanks and APC running by that point! .

Cheers
Andy