[Scharnhorst1943]

Yeah, there were 10 IJA tanks at guadalcanal, and some were not serviceable.

Ten tanks, for the entire campaign.

Not sure how many were on Bougainville, but when I counted wrecks a whileback (listed on pacific wrecks) it was a similarly small number. On Bouganville there could have been perhaps as many as 2 dozen tanks. Other islands? None, or 1-2 per island, maybe.

Given the poor way il-2 handles ground attack, 30 tanks is what, 6 sorties?

Airfield destruction, enemy plane/pilot loss, and shipping is how you measure success in the Solomons.

In real life and to be historically accurate, yes. You are completely right. Working with the game limitations we have. No. In order to progress from map to map in a campaign you need a ground war. It is that simple. Whether it is historically correct is not the debated issue. How to get it to work in DCG and DGen inside the game limitations IS. This is what I am telling you. The game does what it does. Either restructure half the game code, get Lowengrin to update DCG, or build a damn road. Those are the options.

Sorry if I seem edgy, too much stress and a lack of sleep is not fun. Too much stress, not enough IL2 time ... :wink: