Panhard 178 in F 40

[Volcano Man]

I'm playing the Alt as well as the strategic option scenario. In the latter the Panhard is a good weapon with 4 hard attack and 9 soft. In the Alt version it's 4 hard and 2 soft. I know we went over this before, but why are German armored cars so much superior to the Panhard in the Alt version. A few days ago, a battalion of German motorcycle troops just blew away 24 Panhards that were in wooded terrain, entrenched and on high ground. Would motorcycle troops in 1940 have even taken on the Panhards? The Panhards had a cannon and an MG. Why do German armored cars get a 9 soft attack in Alt while the Panhard has a 2 soft attack? I don't get it. I asked about this before and never got an answer so I'm trying again. jonny

Well, it is simple really. You cannot just look at a the caliber of a weapon and compare the two; the gun on the Panhard was an antitank gun and the one on the German armored car was (basically) an auto-cannon. Therefore, the Panhard has a better hard attack (HA: 3, SA: 2) and the German armored cars have a better soft attack (HA: 1, SA: 9), which are the basic properties of those guns. If those aren't the values you are seeing then you will need to update your F40_Alt again. ;)