What is the Target type for Air Planes?

[Reddog]

Gentlemen:

Could someone please tell me what is the "Target Type" for air planes? Are they "Hard", "Soft" or "Other"?

When it comes to AA weapons I don't necessarily want them to shoot at anything other than air planes. There is nothing worse than having a small AA gun open up on a tank -3 hexes away and reveal their position. :boom1:

[Montana Grizz]

Excellent question Reddog.

I have often wondered where "Hard" becomes "Soft" and whom exactly are the "Other"?

Obviously a significant difference between a PZ V and an Armored Car or some lightly armored mobile Guns. At what point does "Hard" become "Soft"?

I can assume that everything that is not "Hard" or "Soft" becomes "Other"?

Pat

[Pointman]

Anything armored or re-inforced like a bunker is considered hard.Soft is usually infantry,trenches ect.Many a time AA has saved me from infantry attacks and were quite frequently used against the infantry when not defending against aircraft.20mm and 40mm AA guns were devasting to infantry and lighter armored vechicles.If there close enough to the front to be spotted then you might want to place them back farther and place a unit near them to shield them from being spotted first.But to answer your original question I always use my air support against hard targets unless there are only soft targets available.

[Montana Grizz]

If this is true, and I'm not saying it is not, then what are "Other" units?????

One can therefore not set Op fire to ignore a HT and fire instead upon a Tiger?

I was under the impression that "Soft" targets were units lightly armored mobile artillery and HT's while "Other" was infantry.

Come on ED, JASON, JIM, someone help us out with this situation.

Pat

[Crossroads]

RTFM?: :P (no brick throwing please, at least not to face...)

Anti-Aircraft Attacks – Any unit capable of Anti-Aircraft fire and that possesses sufficient Action Points to fire and is not currently loaded on (in tow by) a vehicle might conduct Opportunity Fire at an enemy Air Attack if that Air Attack occurs within the Soft Attack range of that unit.

Although that does not specifically claim the aircraft is a soft target ? :chin:

Wow, so that's the way to bring the airforce into a battle with force:

Only one Air Attack may be plotted per location. If you want more than one Air Attack to hit in the same area, simply plot the additional one in a nearby location.

One can therefore not set Op fire to ignore a HT and fire instead upon a Tiger?

Regarding op fire, from Jason's Hints & Tips document:

Hard Vehicles includes any vehicle that has a RED defence number. Tanks, SP Artillery, Halftracks, etc.
AT and Heavy AA includes all AT and AA units over 40mm.
Other Firing Units comprises of everything else from Infantry to HQ’s.

Hmmm, one more task for the famed Halftrack - protecting your heavy armour? :stir:

"Everything else" would seem to imply aircraft are soft targets?

[Reddog]

Thank you Gentlemen. Those were some great observations and very helpful info. I now know that aircraft are "soft targets"... :thumbs_up:

[XLVIII Pz. Korp]

I don't believe op-fire settings affect AA vs. Aircraft fire. You can set their op-fire to never vs any target type and they will still engage aircraft. Don't know if that is written down anywhere but it is my own personal experiences. Hope that helps.