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Thread: Pros and Cons of Tactical Bombers vs Close Air Support

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    Quote Originally Posted by Traks View Post
    Their usefulness of naval attack is severely limited by range.
    I found them to be outstanding when you need to get across the channel and also as a protection from naval invasions. It's quite hard to conduct an amphibious landing without going into CAS range
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    Originally Posted by Boswell
    I have found CAS to be deadly on the eastern front; especially effective on offense when i find my plain infantry up against red army tanks. A small group of 2xCAS, if protected from soviet interceptors, can completely change the outcome of such a battle. The CAS wings will truly decimate the soviet armored regiments after a few days.
    Originally Posted by ltccone
    TACs with tank buster leaders could have done the same thing.
    Yeah I second that, 2,3 or 4 TAC in a wing with TB will be much more effective bombing red army tanks on the eastern front and will change the outcomes far better than 2xCAS.

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    airpower in this is nothing what it was on hoi2. CAS can be useful depending on your strategy, as Germany, USA or Russia I would build TACs and CAS, as anyone else, probably just TACs with the possible exception of a few as France.
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    CAS are the poor man's TAC.

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