Nerfty Helicopter makes annoying for me and including others users ... > Loyal 'Anti-Nerf Factions' (ANF or LANF) members.
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Helicopter balance need General 'SPAAG' (MAAV) unit ATK fixes.SPAAG has no combat history, but except these three unit; M163 VADS, ZSU-23-4 SHILKA and 2K22 TUNGUSKA.
For examples combat history of M163 and SHILKA:
The M163 had a fairly limited range from the start. Its 20x102mm round gave it a low effective range of only 1,200 meters, and its standard air-defense load of HEI-T rounds would self-destruct at approximately 1800 meters, a hard limit on range. Additionally, the radar was a range-only set incapable of finding targets.
In US and Israeli service, the VADS has rarely been needed in its intended purpose of providing defense against aerial threats—consequently, the Vulcan gun system was in use throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s primarily as a ground support weapon. For example, VADS guns were used to support American ground assault troops in Panama in 1989 during Operation Just Cause. One Vulcan of B Battery, 2/62 ADA sank a PDF patrol boat. The last combat action the VADS participated in was Operation Desert Storm.
ZSU-23-4 units saw active service in the Yom Kippur War (1973) and other Arab-Israeli conflicts, the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), and the First Gulf War (1990). During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the system was particularly effective against the Israeli Air Force. Israeli pilots attempting to fly low in order to avoid SA-6 missiles were often shot down by ZSU-23-4s as in Operation Doogman 5. During the Soviet–Afghan War ZSU-23-4 units were used widely and to great effect against mujahideen positions in the mountains, the ZSU-23-4's guns being able to elevate much higher than the weapons on BMPs, BTRs, T-55s, or T-62s. They were also used to suppress defensive positions around the presidential palace during the initial coup in Kabul at the start of the Soviet-Afghan war. The Russian Army used the ZSU-23-4 for mountain combat in Chechnya.
The guns are useful against low-flying aircraft and lightly protected ground targets. Due to its effectiveness against ground targets, ZSU-23-4s have been used in urban environments (e.g., Afghanistan, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Syria and Lebanon). This is primarily because the guns can elevate much higher than a tank or APC cannon, enabling armored units equipped with ZSU-23-4s to return fire against ambushes from above.
List of Shilka combat history:
ATK/DEF to infantry 2.5/4.0/5.0 to 7.0/9.0/11, ATK/DEF to armor 1.0/1.5/2.0 to 2.0/2.5/3.0, ATK/DEF to helicopter 4.5/6.0/8.0 to 9.0/11/13, ATK/DEF to aircraft 4.0/5.0/6.0 to 7.0/8.5/10. (T1/T2/T3).
And EXTRA: Remove Mountain Terrain ATK -25% to 0%, and change Mountain Terrain DEF 0% to +25%.
Small Notes: Gunship HP 18 (T1), Attack Helix HP 20 (T1) and ASW Helix HP 17 (T1).
And NOW back to main topic.
Helicopter balance need General 'SPAAG' (MAAV) unit ATK fixes.SPAAG has no combat history, but except these three unit; M163 VADS, ZSU-23-4 SHILKA and 2K22 TUNGUSKA.
For examples combat history of M163 and SHILKA:
The M163 had a fairly limited range from the start. Its 20x102mm round gave it a low effective range of only 1,200 meters, and its standard air-defense load of HEI-T rounds would self-destruct at approximately 1800 meters, a hard limit on range. Additionally, the radar was a range-only set incapable of finding targets.
In US and Israeli service, the VADS has rarely been needed in its intended purpose of providing defense against aerial threats—consequently, the Vulcan gun system was in use throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s primarily as a ground support weapon. For example, VADS guns were used to support American ground assault troops in Panama in 1989 during Operation Just Cause. One Vulcan of B Battery, 2/62 ADA sank a PDF patrol boat. The last combat action the VADS participated in was Operation Desert Storm.
ZSU-23-4 units saw active service in the Yom Kippur War (1973) and other Arab-Israeli conflicts, the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), and the First Gulf War (1990). During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the system was particularly effective against the Israeli Air Force. Israeli pilots attempting to fly low in order to avoid SA-6 missiles were often shot down by ZSU-23-4s as in Operation Doogman 5. During the Soviet–Afghan War ZSU-23-4 units were used widely and to great effect against mujahideen positions in the mountains, the ZSU-23-4's guns being able to elevate much higher than the weapons on BMPs, BTRs, T-55s, or T-62s. They were also used to suppress defensive positions around the presidential palace during the initial coup in Kabul at the start of the Soviet-Afghan war. The Russian Army used the ZSU-23-4 for mountain combat in Chechnya.
The guns are useful against low-flying aircraft and lightly protected ground targets. Due to its effectiveness against ground targets, ZSU-23-4s have been used in urban environments (e.g., Afghanistan, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Syria and Lebanon). This is primarily because the guns can elevate much higher than a tank or APC cannon, enabling armored units equipped with ZSU-23-4s to return fire against ambushes from above.
List of Shilka combat history:
- 1966–1989: South African Border War (Angola and Cuba)
- 1968–1970: Egypt–Israel War of Attrition (Egypt and Syria)
- 1973: Yom Kippur War (Egypt and Syria)
- 1975: Vietnam War, during the last stage of Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975 by battery of 237th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment.
- 1975–1990: Lebanese Civil War
- 1975–2002: Angolan Civil War
- 1975–1990: Western Sahara War (Polisario)
- 1977: Libyan–Egyptian War (Libya and Egypt)
- 1977–1978: Ogaden War (Ethiopia, Cuba and Somalia)
- 1979–1988: Soviet–Afghan War (Soviet Union)
- 1980–1988: Iran–Iraq War (Iran and Iraq)
- 1982: Lebanon War
- 1990: Gulf War (Iraq and Egypt)
- 1990–1994: First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Armenia and Azerbaijan)
- 1992–1993: Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
- 1994–1996: First Chechen War (Russia, Chechen forces)
- 1999: Second Chechen War (Russia)
- 2003: 2003 invasion of Iraq (Iraq)
- 2008: Russo-Georgian War (Russia)
- 2009–present: Boko Haram insurgency
- 2011: Libyan Civil War (Pro-Gaddafi and Anti-Gaddafi forces)
- 2011–present: Syrian Civil War (Government forces, Rebel forces and ISIS)
- 2014–present: War in Donbass (Ukrainian Army)
ATK/DEF to infantry 2.5/4.0/5.0 to 7.0/9.0/11, ATK/DEF to armor 1.0/1.5/2.0 to 2.0/2.5/3.0, ATK/DEF to helicopter 4.5/6.0/8.0 to 9.0/11/13, ATK/DEF to aircraft 4.0/5.0/6.0 to 7.0/8.5/10. (T1/T2/T3).
And EXTRA: Remove Mountain Terrain ATK -25% to 0%, and change Mountain Terrain DEF 0% to +25%.
Small Notes: Gunship HP 18 (T1), Attack Helix HP 20 (T1) and ASW Helix HP 17 (T1).
Guns are always loaded.