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RE: Counter stats
Leonard,
I will try to answer your questions as best I can.
1. Steep slopes were not used for a variety of reasons ranging from historical to playability. The after action reports of the infantry didn't dwell on the terrain like those of Italy and the Vogas fighting. The infantry seemed to be able to climb the mountains without resorting to the extreme measure of mountain troops. No doubt there were some steep slopes but the combatants either worked around them or didn't leave a detailed enough account of them to make them useful.
2. The original 28mm gun ammunition did have a range of 500 meters. Starting in 1942 production of a new fragmented round with PENT became the most produced round for the 28mm. At 1,000 meters in game terms it penetrated the same amount of armor as the Russian 45mm gun and only slightly less in the real world.
3. My mistake pure and simple. I was misinformed that Schneider had some extra 47M31 guns from their production run for Belgium and they ended up in Africa. My apologies to everyone.
4. Originally the SK7/1 had the same firepower as the Wirbelwind but this created problems. They were used in platoons of three and giving them the same firepower as four or five whibelwinds is overrating them. The next thought was to just use the reduced side but this shortchanged both their firepower and morale. It was common to use them for fire support in the recon battalions and their morale seems to be on par with these troops. I felt the best solution was to have a lower rated two step unit.
Thanks, Mike
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