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Counter stats
An Army at Dawn is a very nice and attractive game.
However there are some little things that I don't understand.
First: why aren't the slopes "steep" when the terrain is clearly mountainous (Djebel) ?
Second: the German 28mm sPzB gun that is appearing in this game seems to have an excessive AT range (5) when it is wellknown that the squeeze bore was limiting the accuracy and range. 3 is max range, I think (500m is the effective range). No big deal.
Third: somebody on this forum already asked a question about the French 47mm AT gun. It can't be French really with the counter stats included. The French 47mm APX gun was far more dangerous: see the counter in "Fall of France".
Fourth: this is a more general comment about vehicle mounted AA guns. In the "Battle of the Bulge", two new counters were highly interesting: the US M16 AA halftrack and the German Wirblewind.
The M16 (meatchopper) has 4 X 12.7mm MGs mounted on a halftrack: it was a deadly weapon. In the game, it is given 24-7 (direct fire) and 0-3 (AT). While the direct fire is impressive, the AT value is quite surprising since weapons with a caliber less than 20mm are generally not given any AT value (20mm = 0 AT value).
The Wirblewind has 4 X 20mm AA guns (Flakvierling) and receives 18-8 (direct fire) and 1-4 (AT). OK, fine.
In Elsenborn, the M16 again appeared with the same stats as in the Bulge and the German SPW251/21 (Drilling : with 3 X heavy 15mm AAMG) is given 12-9 (direct) and 1-4 (AT). Here, 15mm caliber is worth 1 in AT fire.
In Fall of France, I have included the SK 6/2 (a 37mm AA gun on unarmored halftrack) but it was unfortunately mislabelled SK 7/2. No big deal.
And then, the German SK 7/1 (flakvierling on halftrack) appeared in Kursk, south flank and Burning Tigers: the counter is only 9-8 (direct) and 1-3 (AT) !!! And again in the new GD43 counters. This is an error: it should have the same stats as the Wirblewind.
In Liberation 44, the British player gets the Crusader AA (2 X 20mm AA guns, sometimes 3 X 20mm). The counter is 10-8 (direct), 1-4 (AT) which is fine but more than the SK 7/1.
In An Army at dawn, the US T28 (1 X 37mm AA gun + 2 X .50 cal AAMGs) gets 20-7 (direct) and 2-5 (AT).
Conclusion : the SK7/1 counter should be revised to get 18-8 (direct) 1-4 (AT).
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