SPWW2 Vulnerable Aircraft

[Greybeard]

Yep,

B-25's rock.. played a game about a year ago and both sides had 4 air available.. since it was a combined arms game, I took 2 SB2C Helldivers and then 6 B-25's..

The opponent clustered the artillery around ammo boxes.. 1st attack brought the SB2C's in mostly for spotting AA sites.. and they took out an ammo dump with some damage to nearby artillery.

2nd phase had 81mm and 3" mortars pounding the AA sites for 2 turns and tossing smoke to create an approach corridor

Then came the B-25's.. I turned off the rockets so they could be saved later.. but the .50'cals, 75mm and 500lb bombs did the job.. and they spotted a couple of tanks in the process.. 2 b-25's picked up some hits and RTB'd..

Next attack I sent the B-25's into the area where tanks were last seen.. result was 2-3 dead Panthers and Ferdinand's and a couple more B-25's damaged

Still had 2 left with 75mm ammo for later use..

After all was over.. the aircraft had racked up and impressive score of around 35 units KIA.. nearly all was ammo and artillery units.. seems the opponent clustered ammo boxes in one hex, and surrounded the ammo with 2-3 platoons of mortars..

The 500lb bombs KIA'd a huge number of them simply by dropping on the ammo supply hexes..

Needless to say, there was little incoming artillery for the remainder of the game..

Yep - I like B-25's!!

-Greybeard