Destroying provincial aa

[Hulls..top..boy]

This is going to sound stupid...just require help on destroying provincial aa...laughable really, but this is the only thing I am stuck on in the entire game

 

[Kovax]

If you're trying to reduce an enemy's static AA, just target any IC or Infrastructure and the AA should take collateral damage....lots of it, in fact. The AA tends to evaporate far faster than the actual target in most cases. On the other hand, if you've been attacking units in the province, the AA takes no damage.

Note that you don't actually "destroy" AA, Infrastructure, Ports, or IC, you reduce them to 0 effectiveness, and they will automatically repair over time at no cost.

 

[Palmerdale]

I've never tried to destroy provincial AA. Maybe something to experiment with for a day or two. My first idea would be planes on installation bombing missions. I've never really used the installation bombing missions. I'm guessing that these missions should damage built province improvements (air fields, naval bases, infrastructure, factories, coastal forts, land forts, AA guns, radar sites, rocket sites and nuclear reactors). I have no idea on target priority, though, and finding an enemy to test it on might be rather difficult. Maybe level 4+ in every category in order to see anything about the priority of targets. Also, is there any inherent difference between Tactical bombers and Strategic bombers -- I could easily imagine a programmed bias to keep Strategic bombers from becoming overpowered vs. units. Also, there are 4 bombing mission types to experiment with -- Strategic Bombing, Logistical Bombing, Airport Cratering and Installation Strike. I'm guessing (again) that these various missions target specific improvement types.

But, it is almost a certainty that destroying AA (or forts) presumably to improve an attack on a province would take too much air power and take far longer than simply making the attack with the defenses in place.

 

[Hulls..top..boy]

Thanks for the help...I've been playing the black ice mod, which appears to really value the use of air power, more than TFH...In my current game as UK I am attempting heavy use of CAS dive bombers (with tech a year ahead) to destroy Germany armour in 1940 and tbh it is working apart from provincial aa taking its toll on my CAS...Thanks will try some instillation bombing first..

 

[Sails]

Does anyone even worry about static AA anymore? Its as about as much a nuisance as not having asparagus in your morning coffee!

 

[Hulls..top..boy]

In BICE I'm sure it is impacting on my CAS...Their sustaining heavy damage and it's not from mobile aa or enemy interceptors...I can only put it down to provincial aa...wonder if anyone can support or disprove this theory

 

[thexmassteam]

Provincial AA is much more powerful (and expensive) in BICE. To help AI for the defence of some places (Maginot line, Moscow, Stalingrad ...) and to prevent gamey tactics for human