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    Tank armament effectiveness vs infantry

    Thanks for your replies! I appreciate the insights. I was kinda hoping for a little more specific info though :lol: . Maybe I should make the question more specific as well. Would a tank with a 75mm low velocity gun (like the Sherman M4A1 or Panzer IV D) prefer to use its coaxial MG...
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    Tank armament effectiveness vs infantry

    How would you rate different pieces of tank armament like coaxial or hull mounted machine guns, and low or high velocity main guns of different calibres, when comparing their effectiveness against infantry? Tank machine guns were meant for use against infantry/artillery, but most tanks...
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    Fighter dogfight ranking

    Thanks for your insights. Definitely very interested in these thoughts! :D A little background: the game is Axis Allies miniatures, a mainly land units-based tactical/skirmish level board game. The way aircraft are handled by default is just to place them on a hex and have them attack a...
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    Fighter dogfight ranking

    In the game, a year or scenario (ie "Battle of Britain") restriction might apply, so I can't just pick the 1945 versions of all aircraft series :) . And on the other hand, a player might have just enough points left to add an Bf 109E to his mainly 1943 force etc etc.
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    Ground attack aircraft questions

    Thanks for your replies, and the link. Definitely an interesting topic, unfortunately it focuses on only the best ground attack plane (like many topics here), with a few serious candidates... but this says nothing about other planes' performance in this area. I'd still like to know what...
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    Ground attack aircraft questions

    What made an aircraft good at ground attack? Could any aircraft strafe ground targets, with their effectiveness mainly being dependent on their armament? Or were specific measures taken to make attacking ground targets easier/more effective (and did this influence their effectiveness against...
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    Fighter dogfight ranking

    Thanks for your quick replies! Theoretically, aircraft from any time period could meet each other in the game (with most late war models easily defeating most early war models), however I would already be very happy with comparisons between planes of the same period and theatre, ie how did...
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    Fighter dogfight ranking

    I'm trying to come up with some simple yet realistic rules for using aircraft in a miniatures boardgame. I want to express a fighter's dogfight ability in a number, preferably ranging from 1 to 10 (10 being the best). I'd like to be able to add as many aircraft as I see fit, so I'm not...
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    Intro

    Hi, just a little intro here! I hope I'm not offending anyone by saying I'm not so much into aircraft as most people here probably are... but I do like wargames, and I like creating and changing boardgame rules, and currently I'm trying to come up with some easy yet realistic rules for using...
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