[BETA V1.03.03] Air to Ground attacks versus AFVs - observations & balancing

[Wiedrock]

TL/DR: See first Assessment Conclusion at the end.

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• Aircraft weapons were using penetration value when attacking AFVs when they should have been using anti-armor value. Fixed.

Changes made to A2G-combat are related to the reports you can find in these threads.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 8&t=393016
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 7&t=393155
And the point being that A2G before was all about DISrupting (concerning AFVs).

Initial Remarks:

• I's hard to get all points straight and make this not a 10k words essay using 50 pictures, 30 charts and 15 scenario files/saves. - Attached is my Beta testing setup New A2G.rar, if you find flaws in it let me know ways to improve - I am aware of the small AA capabilities of IS-2 Tanks.
• Some things will be mentioned several times, framing it all in a more educated/organized way would be nice but I guess it's understandable as is.
• The changes made affect Cannons/MGs as well as Bombs. I initially wasn't aware of the latter untilI found out today, so this aspect may be looked into later on in a more comprehensive way or the Devs already - with this short post see a way to balance it better (see Closing Remarks).
• I guess we all can agree that how it was before was completely not working as in any historical context possible, pls do not start a historical debate in this thread, instead links to this thread in a new thread if you plan on doing so. Bombs got bigger and bigger in TacB usage due to inaccuracy - this inaccuracy is it what's currently missing.

Current Issue:
TacB cannons/MGs (the planes/weapons my reports were complaining about) can now use their Cannons/MGs to penetrate AFVs, this is just part of the issue which is complained about in this thread.
This is my testing setup. A simple Ground Attack order of 1 AG of Ju 87G vs 500 IS-2 1944.

Beta patch A2G test Ju87G with BK3.7 vs 500 IS-2 1944
Got kills between ~180-220

a2g87gnew.png (2.46 MiB) Viewed 1181 times

The other part of the issue being, that now also BOMBS can use the Anti-Armor value to kill AFVs, as can be seen here in a old patch vs Beta comparison (both tests are 1 AG of Ju87 using 1000kg bomb vs 500 IS-2 on GC Axis turn 1 - the IS-2 has some AA potential but from testing this seems neglectable).
Special note to this is that in the new system where penetrations can be somwhat tracked I got a "penetration ratio" of Top*97 + Front*57 + Side*2 for this test with Bombs.

Old vs New/Beta usage of 1000kg bombs Ju87B-R vs IS-2 1944

OLDvsNEW_Ju87B-R-1000kgbomb.png (917.9 KiB) Viewed 1181 times

Points to go through:

1. The game uses the current "Anti-Armor" value to target AFVs, it randomly shoots any side of the tank. (tested by giving a gun sufficient Anti-Armor (350) to also penetrate front/sides)
   -> Combat log of 14 Missions with ~25*Ju 87G having it's BK3.7cannon gave entries for ~258front hits (161 armor) + ~255top hits (28 armor) + ~7side hits (94 armor). Log example (fully Attached BK3.7 - targeting test 350 (Turn 001 6-22-1941 Ax).txt)

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   1,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   1,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2674 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2674 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 2674 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2674 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2674 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 467 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 467 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 467 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 467 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 467 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 3258 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 3258 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3258 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3258 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3258 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3607 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3607 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3607 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 184 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 184 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 184 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 184 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 184 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 1506 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1506 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 1506 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1506 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1506 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1059 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 1059 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1059 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1059 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 1059 (air)
   1,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 450 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3068 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3068 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3068 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3068 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3068 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3037 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3037 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3037 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 3037 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3037 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3186 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3186 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3186 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3186 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3186 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 2045 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2045 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 2045 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 2045 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2045 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 1374 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1374 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1374 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1374 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 1374 (air)
   1,3,4 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1852 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 28 - range 1852 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1852 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1852 - pen 350 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 350 - arm 161 - range 1852 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2581 - pen 350 - arm 161 (air)

2. As pointed out in this post there is range dropoff in G2G combat. For A2G usage this does not seem to be the case, as can be seen in the following Log-File where I changed the Anti-Armor value to 28.

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   1,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   1,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3536 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3536 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3536 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3536 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1639 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1639 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1639 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2015 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2015 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2015 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2354 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2354 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3223 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3223 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3223 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2705 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2705 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2705 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1838 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1838 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2174 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2174 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,4 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1711 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1711 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2364 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2364 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2364 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 454 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 454 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 454 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 454 (air)
   1,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 760 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 760 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 760 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1533 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1533 (air)
   1,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1533 (air)
   2,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1277 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1277 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2851 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2851 (air)
   2,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2851 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2851 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2726 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2726 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2423 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2423 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1027 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1213 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1213 (air)
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1335 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1335 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2285 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2576 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2576 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3432 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3432 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2997 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2997 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2997 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3559 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 334 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 334 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 270 (air)
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 270 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3520 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   2,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3564 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,3,1 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   2,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 304 (air)
   2,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 304 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   2,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 470 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 62 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 62 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 62 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 15 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 15 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 15 (air)
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 15 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2828 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2828 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2828 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2828 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3399 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3471 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3471 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 120 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 441 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1856 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 981 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 981 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3456 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3456 (air)
   3,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   3,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   3,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2654 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2654 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2654 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2654 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 295 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 295 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 295 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2145 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2145 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2145 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2145 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1406 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1406 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1406 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3092 (air)
   3,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3092 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3092 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   3,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3092 (air)
   4,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 343 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 343 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1856 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1856 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2650 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2650 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 250 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 250 (air)
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 250 (air)
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 250 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 598 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 598 (air)
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 598 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,9 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3419 (air)
   4,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3419 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3419 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1460 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1460 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   4,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   4,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1460 (air)
   5,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   5,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   5,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 167 (air)
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 167 (air)
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 244 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 244 (air)
   5,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 244 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   5,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2829 (air)
   5,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2829 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2829 (air)
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2971 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2971 (air)
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   5,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2129 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1976 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1976 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1331 (air)
   6,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1331 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1331 (air)
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1331 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3582 (air)
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1612 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1612 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2130 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3569 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3452 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3452 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3452 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3606 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3606 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2242 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2242 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2242 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1896 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   6,6,IS-2 M1944 disrupted by 37mm Cannon BK3.7
   7,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2901 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2901 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2901 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2901 (air)
   7,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 71 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 71 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 71 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 762 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 762 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 762 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3637 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3378 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3378 (air)
   7,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3378 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3378 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1326 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1326 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2801 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2801 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2801 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2660 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2660 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2660 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2231 (air)
   7,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   7,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2943 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2943 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 462 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 462 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 462 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 462 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1339 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1339 (air)
   7,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1339 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   7,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1339 (air)
   8,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 148 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 148 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 144 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 144 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 144 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 144 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1121 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1121 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1121 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 687 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 687 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3153 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2546 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3499 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3499 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3499 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2976 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2976 (air)
   8,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   8,4,Ju 87G Destroyed by FLAK
   8,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2002 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2002 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2002 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2002 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2610 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2610 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1843 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1843 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1843 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1843 (air)
   8,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1843 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   8,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 39 (air)
   9,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 829 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 829 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 829 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2982 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2982 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2982 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 744 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 744 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1311 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1311 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1311 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 564 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 564 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 564 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2611 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2611 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 546 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 546 (air)
   9,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3129 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3129 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3129 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 809 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1945 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1945 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1945 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 894 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 894 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 894 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2787 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   9,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2787 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   10,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2056 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2056 (air)
   10,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1940 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1940 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1940 (air)
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2652 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2652 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2652 (air)
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2652 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1587 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1587 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1587 (air)
   10,3,10 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2845 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2845 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2845 (air)
   10,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2371 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   10,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2371 (air)
   11,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 639 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 639 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 639 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 639 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 221 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 221 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 221 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 221 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2278 (air)
   11,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2553 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2553 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1378 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1378 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   11,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3029 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3029 (air)
   11,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3029 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3029 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 436 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   11,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 436 (air)
   12,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   12,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   12,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3100 (air)
   12,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2242 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2242 (air)
   12,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3280 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3280 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3280 (air)
   12,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   12,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   12,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2449 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2449 (air)
   12,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 68 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 68 (air)
   12,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 289 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   12,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 289 (air)
   13,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   13,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   13,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   13,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   13,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   13,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   13,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 734 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 734 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 734 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 68 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 68 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 68 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 68 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 68 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1062 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1062 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1652 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 42 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 42 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 42 (air)
   13,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 42 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 42 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2648 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2648 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   13,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2648 (air)
   14,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   14,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   14,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   14,3,12 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   14,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   14,4,Ju 87G damaged by FLAK
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1934 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1934 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1934 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1934 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1088 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 1088 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3133 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2317 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2492 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2492 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2707 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2707 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2707 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2707 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1202 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 1202 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,11 x Ju 87G  bombing 7th Tank Division
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 238 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 238 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 238 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3207 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 18 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 18 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 18 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3299 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3299 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3116 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3116 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3116 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 3116 (air)
   14,3,IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 3116 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2043 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,3,damaged IS-2 M1944 destroyed by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - range 2043 - pen 28 - arm 28 (air)
   14,4,IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 28 - arm 28 - range 2043 (air)
   

3. A2A/A2G weapons have ranges like 6000 of the BK3.7, this causes the planes to shoot from distances like:
   "IS-2 M1944 damaged by 37mm Cannon BK3.7 - pen 69 - arm 28 - range 3536 (air)".
   No matter what's the unit of that 6000 or 3536, even if it's feet it's still 1km...also Bombs show ranges between the hundrets/thousands.
4. The Anti-Armor value versus the Armor (mostly top/front) is a yes/no decision
   • if Anti-Armor>/=Armor it wil penetrate (at any distance)
   • if Anti-Armor<Armor it will never do anything other than DISrupting
5. Changing the Accuracy from 5 to 1 did not give any serious difference, changing it to (-10) did decrease the kills in my testing setup by about ~35%. Using negative numbers is something special tho and the impact on A2A is currently unknown for me.

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Possible (partial) Solutions:
Coding:
1. The low number of side-shot attempts in A2G is suspicious and making each side the same chance to "attempt a hit/penetration" would lower the "top-kill-ratio" for small cannons (~25mm penetration and so on) to about ~33% instead of now ~49%.

2. Planes seem to do multiple attacks from different distances (as they supposedly do in A2A) which leads to 1 plane attacking multiple times (that's how I interpret the Combat logs) - reducing this to one attack would reduce the efficency and make up for some of the "missing" range penetration drop-off.

3. Closely related to "2.", attacking ground targets from 3000ft+++ distance with guns midair.

5. Reduce A2G accuracy of MGs/Cannons (and Bombs) of planes (would be also a Code change required I guess since there is only one "Accuracy" which supposedly has also an effect on A2A Combat (I guess?!).


Data:
2/4. Reduce the Anti-Armor values from currently point blank/100m distances to ~300-400m/1000-1300feet - and maybe further reduce it by a small percentage to account for varying angles of impact. Since it's a yes/no this would "shuffle" the plane X vs tank Y list so to have little more accuracy to which plane is able to kill which type of tank in a "historic" mission

5. Reduce the Accuracy of A2A Cannons/MGs - as mentioned this may have an impact on A2A and from little testing gave only good results (in my testing Setup) with changing from 5 to (-10).

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Closing Remarks:

• The new System eneables bombs/cannons to actually have an impact, yes it needs balance. That's why the community needs to be patient and think about solutions and hope for the Devs to be willing and able to implement the changes needed.
• It is worth testing some more tactical usage of AA (same hex/Adjacent Hexes) now, since having too few is obviously visible now, since tanks no longer only get DISrupted by air, so you lose the Tanks even when you defend a Hex successfully (yes the losses may be too high currently!)
• I did not go deep into the BOMB changes to use Anti-Armor as mentioned. Nevetheless this has a huge impact on the overall Balance since even a 50kg bomb has a Anti-Armor value of 27mm, which potentially could kill almost any tank from the top. This obviously is realistic in terms of actual possibilities with that bomb, but to make things balanced there needs to be changes to Accuracy (so less bombs actually hit).
  • I am ASSUMING that Bombs penetrations are also a yes/no question (so no partial/almost=Damaged or something like this)
  • I am not sure about the usage of "Blast" vs AFVs, but since it's (I guess) also used vs soft targets it's dangerous terrain to tweak

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First Assessment Conclusion:
Both, Cannons/MGs as well as Bombs from my perspective need a decrease in overall Accuracy (Code or Data), so the weapons are still able to kill target X with Y armor, but it's less likely that they actually hit it. The current hit ratios are way too high thinking about hitorical capabilites.
Another approach (additional to doing some Balancing as pointed out) could be to have a new look at AA's efficiency in denying A2G missions to take effect, which would encourage the usage/placement of AA ...but this is another rabbit hole to go through.

[Denniss]

The quickest solution would be to revert this change in A2G combat and think about a different approach.
As gun penetration is used otherwise in A2A we could repurpose HVAP penetration into A2G gun armor penetration while using anti-armor as pure HE effect as before (so mostly disrupting)
For A2G uns coming into action we coul limit max range to 10 or 20 percent of given gun range.

[Nazcatraz]

The beauty of WITE2 is that even though I have hundred of hours in this game and is pretty comfortable with it, I have no idea what this post is about lmao.

[jubjub]

Nice work looking into the combat details behind the scenes. I wonder if another large issue besides penetration is the amount of shots fired by the support aircraft. It's likely that every plane in the sortie is getting a shot at an AFV, but is that realistic? It seems more likely that only a fraction of the planes in each sortie would even find AFV's to shoot at.

[Wiedrock]

Follow up on this. I am testing this on 1.03.03_beta (AS THE TESTS BEFORE)

I am currently trying to figure out how many shots/bombs a plane can drop/use/shoot in a Mission. From what I see there may be something off regarding the ordonance planes have at hand. The Planes afaik do not have a "AMMO" amount like Ground elements usually have (I am looking forward to test whether that "AMMO cap/amount" seriously stops Ground elements from shooting in the near future).

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CANNONS:

I used my old Ju 87G with BK3.7 against 500x IS-2 1944 (removed the IS-2s AAMG) setup. The Ju87 G has 2xBK3.7 and each of those has a Rate of Fire of 12. Historically they've had 12 "Bullets in each Gunpod, so 24 in total. This means that the following 10 hits are a theoretical possible but rather unlikely. And due to the following results seen in the BOMBS test later on, I assume that at each distance/range the Ju87G is able to fire 24shots (so "Bursting whole RoF/Magazine in each engagement as for ground units), so in this test this would be 48 shots in total fired.
Note that this is an outlier, but it shows the issue the best. You can see the other missions in the Combat log and count the hits yourself.

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So as can be seen here the Plane seems to have had

• 5 engagements/hits for effect at 2327range
• 5 engagements/hits for effect at 230range

I can not identify the individual Pilot but his "Skill" was 94 (which is a mix of EXP&MOR).

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BOMBS:
This is the same mission where I just replaced the AG with another one having Ju87 with 1x1000kg bombs.

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So as can be seen here the Plane seems to have had (marked area):

• 1 engagement/hit for effect at 2575range
• 1 engagement/hit for effect at 2830range

The Pilots Skill was 83.

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That's it for now. Maybe it gives the Devs another modifier to look at by balancing the air2ground (especially a2AFV) system.

[Wiedrock]

Edit: IMPORTANT NOTE: I Used old LOCKED generic data to test that numbers, the .05Beta increased the Accuracy of the Cannons from 5 to 20 already. As you can see in my next post this vastly increases the Killratio into the ~70s (+/- 20) for the cannons.

BETA V1.03.05 Update

Using the same setup as before (IS-2 with it's AAMG as in my 1st Post in this Thread) kill numbers in 1 week of ~350Sorties changed from:

Ju 87G with BK3.7 ~180-220kills >>> to ~1-3 ...and like ~10 damaged
Ju 87B-R with 1x1000kg Bomb ~200kills >>> to ~20-35 and ~10 damaged

To show how bad the Cannon is performing (against IS-2 only penetratable from the top), I tested Level Bombers (Do 17Z-2) with 4x250kg and got 12 kills (just one test done).
Okay, now let's see how Cannons can handle a T-34 which they also can penetrate from the sides and without the T-34s having any AAMG!

Enemy: T-34 M1943 (completely no AA)
Ju 87G with BK3.7 >>> 10kills and ~15 damaged
Ju 87B-R with 1x1000kg >>> 37kills and ~8 damaged
Ju 87B-R with 1x250kg+4x50kg >>> 27kills and ~26 damaged
Do 17Z-2 with 4x250kg Bombs >>> 30kills and ~22 damaged

Conclusion:
Although able to penetrate the T-34 from the side + top now and flying Dive bombing mission (TacB) the Ju 87G with it's 2xBK3.7 Cannons is vastly outperformed by Do 17Z-2 flying at 9000ft (LB) with 4x250kg Loadout.
I currently see no incentive in using the Ju 87G (not having any "Loadouts") nor using the HS 129B with it's 'Tank Buster' Loadout (30mm Cannon MK103 [not tested but assuming it is comparable to the BK3.7]).

Concerning the overall tests done I feel like there could be a higher ratio of DAMaged tanks (compared to the DEStroyed ones), but that may be just a individual preference trying to imagine how ratios are supposed to be in a WW2 scenario and comparing it too much to losses/ratios occuring to manpower.

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Historical Classification:
Now since the coding seems to work out there is room for debates on efficiency of "Tank Buster" planes in WW2 I guess.

From what I know the bombs of the Ju 87 got bigger and bigger since the accuracy was too bad and they needed to increase the blast radius to achieve success. That's partially the reason why they came up with the AT guns/bigger Cannons mounted on/under planes. How effective that was seems to be rather unknown/highly debated.

But 350planes scoring 10kills+15damaged (T-34 test) without any AA seems a little too little for my imagination.
And from a gameplay perspective (not historic) I don't see a reason to waste pilots for such DES/DAM ratios, I guess if it'd be way more DAMaged results (like 60 or so) it'd also be alright and make up for the few DEStroyed ones and it'd represent the smaller damage capabilities of cannons compared to large bombs.

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Attached is the Testing setup for the BK3.7 against the T-34.

[Joel Billings]

Yes, the cannons don't seem to be great weapons in the game at the moment. For one, there's nothing that makes them target vehicles more than any other aircraft. Second, they don't do better than bombs. We may try to get them to target vehicles more often, but we don't yet know how easy that might be as that's a different part of the code than what we've been changing recently. The data could be adjusted further for the devices to give them higher accuracy or rate of fire, which are the two items that would boost their chance to hit AFVs (but likely also other ground elements as well). It would be great to get an idea of just how effective these weapons were. As you say, there seems to be some disagreement about just how effective they were.

[Wiedrock]

[...] The data could be adjusted further for the devices to give them higher accuracy [...]

Changing the Accuracy of the BK3.7 from
5 to 150 caused ~300kills instead of ~10 (against the 500xT-34)
5 to 25 caused ~70kills
....So only looking at ground combat, this could be a solution, but not sure how changing Accuracy works out in A2A, but other 20mm A2A cannons also have accuracies of ~21, so the BK3.7 may be already good with 10 or so which one needs to figure out depending of the balance aimed for.

[Joel Billings]

I just realized you're using locked "old" generic data in your test scenario. You need to unlock the data. It changed in 1.03.05. You will get very different results. Also, you really need to run at least 2 of each test and average (3 is better), because there is a decent amount of randomness. Now if there is only 1 target type in the unit being attacked, one source of randomness is removed since you'll always pick the same targets. I got 90 kills the first time I ran your test with the 1.03.05 data, so quite a change.

[Wiedrock]

I just realized you're using locked "old" generic data in your test scenario. You need to unlock the data. It changed in 1.03.05. You will get very different results.

Data and Scenario Changes

• Device.dat file changes:
o 37mm Cannon BK3.7 (0048) – Accuracy increased from 5 to 20.
o 37mm M4 Cannon (0050) – Accuracy increased from 5 to 20.
o 37mm Cannon Ho-203 (0051) – Accuracy increased from 5 to 20.
o 37mm Cannon NS-37 (0574) – Accuracy increased from 4 to 20.
o 40mm Cannon Vickers S (0624) – Accuracy increased from 6 to 20.
o 50mm Cannon BK5 (0638) – Accuracy increased from 6 to 20.
o 75mm Cannon BK7.5 (0639) – Accuracy increased from 10 to 20.

I see you already changed the Accuracy to 20 in .05, I missed that.
But correct me if I am wrong (trying to understand the system), the generic Data is everything visible in the Editor, right? So this Accuracy changes are most likely the only difference between the tests?!

I now clicked "update all generic data" in the "MAIN" Scenario Editor screen but kept that locked state on "YES", the Accuracy changed to 20 for those Cannons. After that I renamed it and Saved it and now testing with that new Scenario.
Is it correct how I updated the data or am I missing something by doing it this way?

Also, you really need to run at least 2 of each test and average (3 is better), because there is a decent amount of randomness. Now if there is only 1 target type in the unit being attacked, one source of randomness is removed since you'll always pick the same targets.

I know it wasn't properly and scientific it was more to "ballpark" the ratios, I already chose to have 14 Missions of ~350Sorties to make up for my lazyness and the big differences between individual Missions (~24planes), maybe I should "multiply" that setup by x2 to so It'd be ~1k Sorties and give a better average in one run or even x10 to have 3500Sorties if I am already on it.

I got 90 kills the first time I ran your test with the 1.03.05 data, so quite a change.

I Updated my Scenario with the BK3.7 vs T-34 as I wrote above and got 54, 70, 53, 49, 69, 55, 58, 44...I never got into the 80s or 90s. Have I done something wrong or you just got that one lucky punch with your 90kill test?

[Nikel]

It would be great to get an idea of just how effective these weapons were. As you say, there seems to be some disagreement about just how effective they were.

There are some data in Ian Gooderson paper Allied fighter‐bombers versus German Armour in North‐West Europe 1944–1945: Myths and realities, published in the Journal of Strategic Studies in 1991.

Regarding the Western front, but I guess also valid for the East?

May I send it to you in a pm?

[Joch1955]

This is one area where there is little actual controversy since there were a lot of contemporary empirical reports that were done. The U.S. and especially the British did a lot of on the ground AARs to determine the effectiveness of AT AG weapons and what they found was that the chances of a Tac AC knocking out a tank was basically almost nil.

results in a nutshell:

1. massive over claiming: The number of KO'd tanks on the ground that showed any sign of having been hit by a AG weapon, let alone destroyed, was around 3-5% of what the pilots were claiming;

2. difficulty spotting: Because of allied air, the Germans generally moved their tanks at night and kept them hidden in camouflaged position during the day which were also usually well guarded by AA weapons. The British carried out various tests which showed that Allied pilots had great difficulty in spotting any tank in a fighting position, even when they had a general idea where they were;

3. accuracy: Even when they could spot a tank, WW2 AG weapons, whether bombs, rockets, cannons were very inaccurate and the chances of getting a hit was very low. During the Falaise battles in 44, Allied pilots had the ideal conditions since German tanks were moving in the open in daylight in clear weather on roads in a small area. Even then, post action AARs found that very few tanks showed any signs of having been hit by AG weapons, most of the KO'd tanks had been abandoned and destroyed by their own crews when they ran out of fuel or became stuck in the massive traffic jams;

4 effectiveness: Even if they could get a hit, many of the AG weapons could not destroy a tank. AP bombs could, but you need a direct hit to kill, a near miss may not cause any damage at all. Cannons, 20mm, 37mm would be fired at a shallow angle so would bounce off most areas they would typically hit on a Panther/Tiger, although they would be more effective against soft skinned vehicles;

The most effective use of air power against tanks was through interdiction, air patrols over roads, knocking out trucks, trains, railway yards, bridges, etc. Before long German tanks could not get fuel to move and were stuck because the bridges were down. A study the British did in Italy found that roughly half of the KO'd German tanks in one area had been destroyed by their own crews after they broke down, ran out of fuel or were outflanked by Allied ground forces.

Note that is for German tanks in 43-45, but the situation should be pretty much the same on the Eastern Front. This is one area where I have seen various documents over the years depending on what you are looking for.

[Denniss]

The Allies typically use fast fighterbombers, germans typically used slower shallow-dive-capable bombers. Allied used unguided rocket , germans used 1-2 big cannon.
Its easier to aim and hit with a slow plane and a cannon. But in both cases the pilot can't really assess the inflicted damage, resulting in overclaiming.

Bombs shoudl do much more disrupting and possible damaging (blast, splinters) but hardly destruction. One needs to be really lucky to hit a static tank with a bomb, let alone a moving/maneuvering tank. Unless of course it's a true dive bomber which should have no real problem to hit a static tank.

[Joel Billings]

It would be great to get an idea of just how effective these weapons were. As you say, there seems to be some disagreement about just how effective they were.

There are some data in Ian Gooderson paper Allied fighter‐bombers versus German Armour in North‐West Europe 1944–1945: Myths and realities, published in the Journal of Strategic Studies in 1991.

Regarding the Western front, but I guess also valid for the East?

May I send it to you in a pm?

Sure.

[Joel Billings]

@Wiedrock - If you have updated your generic data and are using the latest exe, then yes, that should do it. I think the accuracy change was the only item in data that impacted this test. The 90 I got may very well have been a high variation. I ran it again today and got 48, so there you go. Which just proves that you really have to run something several times to get an average. So does this mean it does appear that the cannons are doing better than bombs in this T-34 test?

[Joch1955]

Unless of course it's a true dive bomber which should have no real problem to hit a static tank.

The British did a study of "precision" bombing attacks carried out by Typhoons in 44-45 and found an average CEP of 130 yds.

Best figure I have seen for the Stuka JU87 is a CEP of 30 meters when dive bombing, meaning 50% of the bombs will fall more than 30 meters from the aiming point. Obviously that means that when targeting a tank, most bombs will miss.

[Wiedrock]

Best figure I have seen for the Stuka JU87 is a CEP of 30 meters when dive bombing, meaning 50% of the bombs will fall more than 30 meters from the aiming point. Obviously that means that when targeting a tank, most bombs will miss.

Yep, that's what I did mean by "the bombs got bigger and bigger"...because of the (lacking) accuracy.

The 90 I got may very well have been a high variation. I ran it again today and got 48, so there you go. Which just proves that you really have to run something several times to get an average. So does this mean it does appear that the cannons are doing better than bombs in this T-34 test?

Okay, yes than all should be alright. Yes the 90 may have been the 1 of 100 run.
Yes currently it seems they perform better against "only tanks" without targeting other assets/stuff (I have no idea about how "target prioritization" in serious battles with many/different elements is being handled which would be good to know when i comes to "final balance".

[Nikel]

Another small piece of data in Anders Frankson and Niklas Zetterling book, Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis.

It is at the end of the short chapter on the air war, PTAB bombs.

https://books.google.com/books?id=lZb7A ... &q&f=false



General overview, I suppose this was linked before, just in case...

https://www.operationbarbarossa.net/com ... r-in-wwii/



And Gooderson full thesis is available online, Allied close air support 1943-1945.

https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfile ... 338168.pdf


From the conclusions:

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[DarkHorse2]

This is from one of the links.

In fact total Soviet tank losses in operation Citadel amounted to 1,614 tanks totally destroyed, the vast majority to German tanks and assault guns.(23) Further detailed research has shown air power only accounted for 2-5% of Soviet tanks destroyed in the battle of Kursk.(24) This equates to at most around 80 tanks. Again, even if this is a low estimate, where are the hundreds of tanks destroyed by German ground attack aircraft?

The full narative from the author on this subject can be found on page 163 of Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume I

FYI - as far as AC vs Tank armor penetration, he uses a baseline range of 1000 meters (1 km) (3280 feet), for his analysis of Historic Test Results. (a little off topic... He does go on to say the 8.8cm Pak 43 L/71 was capable of destroying any tank in the world out to at least 2000 meters.)

He actually admits to tank loss rates as high as 7% due to enemy AC in some cases, but we will just consider 5% for now.

The author presents this topic from the perspective that 5% is bad. I do not agree.

How many game turns is Operation Citadel? Four turns maybe? (it was pretty much over after a couple of weeks...)

Up until recently, when flying a ground support or ground attack mission, how many tanks have you killed in a mission? Any? 1? 2? I know I don't remember hardly killing that many of anything, really.

So, to kill 80 tanks over four turns from air missions... that is starting to look pretty good to me. At the end of a turn to see I killed 20 tanks from air missions, that would feel pretty good. And that is just the historic rate of AC kills.

I doubt the previous versions of WiTE2 even allowed historic levels of Tank kills (by AC).