Rocket inconsistencies.

[chuckfourth]

Hi Don

Here is an interesting table, table v page 75.
Please note that .05 percent of rockets fired on a firing range from a typhoon at a panther sized target hit the target.

Thats one rocket in every two hundred fired hit the target.

In your game a typical typhoon salvo lands about 2 "hits" on a panther tank.

Thats one rocket in every 4 fired hits the target.

You are out by two significant digits.

The book is "Air Power at the Battlefront By Ian Gooderson"
The URL is broken up as otherwise it doesnt disply fully

http://
books.google.com.au/books?id=0Eb_uqFyWBgC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=20mm+flak+engagement+range&source=web&ots=npFMCP3UIH&sig=xYvnMPkqVmToEymc7T2icEujtts&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA75,M1

I think that the correct portrayal of the effects of air power on the tactical scale will greatly enhance the playability of the game because it will emphasize playing good solid all arms ground tactics rather than relying on your ace up the sleave air power card. Especially for late war allied players, who always seem to be offerred plenty of air strikes every game.

The book later states how bombs are even less acurate than rockets.

Best Regards Chuck.