CS Game Scale - Manual Style

[Hawk Kriegsman]

That's fine. Arithmetically correct, as is mine.

First off your mathematics is not fine. It is wrong. You based your whole calculation on how fast the plane is moving across your computer screen. How fast a computer executes a turn is not a basis on how to calculate the aircraft's speed. Take yout computer off fast human and fast computer settings and see how fast the plane moves across the screen. You'll notice it moves very slowly.

If you want to properly calculate things you need to stick to hexes (250 meters) and time (6 minutes) and real life techical data just as the designers did.

It boils down to the definition and length of an air attack. The WF manual uses the term air attack...singular.

Agreed it does say that as it does in the EF II and RS manuals too.

But in both the EF II and RS manuals their is an aircraft list (pages 210 & 211 for EF II and page 183 for RS). You will find that an air attack is comprised of 2 or 3 SP per attack. So each air attack is actaully conducted by 2 or 3 aircraft. I am sure you have had in your games where you incoming airstrike has lost 1 SP and still arrived to attack.

That is the basis of my reasoning, because I am one who does not believe that a turn represents 6 minutes of non-stop action

And per every manual written for the game you would be incorrect.

.....in this case non-stop air attacks.

Agreed it is most likely not 6 minutes of non-stop air attacks.

It is a 6 minute sortie by 2 or 3 aircraft however.

I also note that the game only allows the execution of an air attack on a single target, unlike arty, which leads me to believe that the game air attack is a single event.

Agreed based on the resolution it represents a single attack, most likely consistng of a bombing run and a couple strafing runs and then leaving all abstracted into a single resoultion result.

In real life airstrikes may comprise multiple aircraft, but they all strike the target either simultaneously or in very quick succession.

Agreed.

I do take exception to the section of your reply done in bold. If you could point out to me any nasties in my respose (sic), I should be most grateful.

If it does not apply to you in your mind then pay it no heed.

Thanx!

Hawk