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  • Flak defend against ground units?

    I find it surprising that my flak cannons are defending against ground units, and actually doing a bit O' damage against the invaders.

    I wonder, can they also attack ground units?

  • #2
    yes. but their attack is a 1 (while their defense is a 6)
    "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
    - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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    • #3
      flak are excellent defenders against ground units in real life - good against tanks and infantry. WW2 examples: a 20mm flak-vierling will rip any infantry in half (see Saving Private Ryan - you'll see a sequence). While a 88 AA gun was extensively used in anti tank roles.

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      • #4
        yeah, theres a wicked scene in saving private ryan where the krauts turn a flak horizontally on some american infantry and rip some arms off.
        "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
        - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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        • #5
          yup, the infamous german 88mm anti-tank canon was actually designed as a high-calibre flak canon
          daddy daddy, look i'm playing american facist and i'm nuking babylon

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          • #6
            AAA is still used quite often in the Third World as a surface to surface weapon. Apparently flak kicks an AK47's arse.
            "It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself." Miles Davis

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            • #7
              Some of the AA are 40mm machine guns, so if they can be lowered to a reasonable plane, they will be nasty.

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              • #8
                I gave my flak a bombardment of 3.0.1 some time ago. Of course, Mobile SAM does NOT get any bombardment.

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                • #9
                  I'm just surprised that the devs did this. Its really a good call IMO.

                  Defense of 6 you say? Nice.

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