December 28, 2003, 00:26
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Flak defend against ground units?
I find it surprising that my flak cannons are defending against ground units, and actually doing a bit O' damage against the invaders.
I wonder, can they also attack ground units?
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December 28, 2003, 02:19
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yes. but their attack is a 1 (while their defense is a 6)
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December 28, 2003, 02:35
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flak are excellent defenders against ground units in real life - good against tanks and infantry. WW2 examples: a 20mm flak-vierling will rip any infantry in half (see Saving Private Ryan - you'll see a sequence). While a 88 AA gun was extensively used in anti tank roles.
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December 28, 2003, 02:39
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yeah, theres a wicked scene in saving private ryan where the krauts turn a flak horizontally on some american infantry and rip some arms off.
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December 28, 2003, 17:19
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yup, the infamous german 88mm anti-tank canon was actually designed as a high-calibre flak canon
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December 28, 2003, 18:18
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AAA is still used quite often in the Third World as a surface to surface weapon. Apparently flak kicks an AK47's arse.
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December 28, 2003, 18:26
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Some of the AA are 40mm machine guns, so if they can be lowered to a reasonable plane, they will be nasty.
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December 28, 2003, 18:29
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I gave my flak a bombardment of 3.0.1 some time ago. Of course, Mobile SAM does NOT get any bombardment.
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December 28, 2003, 21:53
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I'm just surprised that the devs did this. Its really a good call IMO.
Defense of 6 you say? Nice.
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