11.08.2009, 08:44
Don't worry about realism - about one real gun per battery is enough.
AA guns never run out of ammo, overheat, sufffer barrel wear or crew exhaustion. For heavy AA think of Commando. Each 88 is manned by Arnie - he picks the gun off the mount and swivels it like a toy nailing high and low flying crossing targets with ease. There is no wind, and so far as I can tell (and no cpmplaint here) no actual modelling of heavy (or light AA) shootting procedure. Usualy in real life the first salvoes were often the most accurate - and the lead plane in a flight was often the aim. After that standard evasions by the aircraft could make it a bit harder. Of course if you don't budge or are on the bomb run then good luck. Before radar VT fuses it was all pretty hard - the hardest thing being to accurate altitudes, and after GFC radar could give this late in the war - getting the mechanical time fuses right another problem. For a good read see the British Official history of the Air Defence of Great Britain, or see the Soviet Staff studies on Stalingrad and Moscow - both give good detail on how heavy and light flak really worked. I'm pretty sure there must be alot more around too. Or try Military Science today - about 1940 edition!
In practice in IL 2 - in a level bomber - you are safe from 20mm above about 2000m , and 37mm about 4000m. One heavy AA gun per target gives occasional losses and a good atmosphere - 2 can be hairy, and 3-4 lethal...
YMMV
regards
AA guns never run out of ammo, overheat, sufffer barrel wear or crew exhaustion. For heavy AA think of Commando. Each 88 is manned by Arnie - he picks the gun off the mount and swivels it like a toy nailing high and low flying crossing targets with ease. There is no wind, and so far as I can tell (and no cpmplaint here) no actual modelling of heavy (or light AA) shootting procedure. Usualy in real life the first salvoes were often the most accurate - and the lead plane in a flight was often the aim. After that standard evasions by the aircraft could make it a bit harder. Of course if you don't budge or are on the bomb run then good luck. Before radar VT fuses it was all pretty hard - the hardest thing being to accurate altitudes, and after GFC radar could give this late in the war - getting the mechanical time fuses right another problem. For a good read see the British Official history of the Air Defence of Great Britain, or see the Soviet Staff studies on Stalingrad and Moscow - both give good detail on how heavy and light flak really worked. I'm pretty sure there must be alot more around too. Or try Military Science today - about 1940 edition!
In practice in IL 2 - in a level bomber - you are safe from 20mm above about 2000m , and 37mm about 4000m. One heavy AA gun per target gives occasional losses and a good atmosphere - 2 can be hairy, and 3-4 lethal...
YMMV
regards