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Tank Buster

Description
+17 Combat Strength vs. cavalry units.
Historical Context
The last battles of World War I featured the first appearance of tanks, and generals soon sought a way to destroy these; attacking them from the air seemed a logical approach. But, given that most fighters of the day were unarmored and their weapons could rarely penetrate the tank armor, they weren’t very effective … in fact, the RAF suffered losses approaching 30% among ground-attack aircraft in 1918. But when Europe went at it again in 1939, fighter-bombers devoted to attacking tanks were common, such as the German Stuka, British Hurricane Mk IID, and Russian Sturmovik. As the war progressed, even standard fighters were up-armed with cannons and rockets to make them “tank busters.”

Traits

Promotion Class
Air Fighter

Requirements

Promotion(s)
Strafe
Description
+17 Combat Strength vs. cavalry units.
Historical Context
The last battles of World War I featured the first appearance of tanks, and generals soon sought a way to destroy these; attacking them from the air seemed a logical approach. But, given that most fighters of the day were unarmored and their weapons could rarely penetrate the tank armor, they weren’t very effective … in fact, the RAF suffered losses approaching 30% among ground-attack aircraft in 1918. But when Europe went at it again in 1939, fighter-bombers devoted to attacking tanks were common, such as the German Stuka, British Hurricane Mk IID, and Russian Sturmovik. As the war progressed, even standard fighters were up-armed with cannons and rockets to make them “tank busters.”

Traits

Promotion Class
Air Fighter

Requirements

Promotion(s)
Strafe
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