Soviet A20C Havoc *DONE*

I play a lot of night battles, so I tend to value SAs like Night Specialist a bit more than most. Worth noting that this plane will place successfully at a very high rate at night (on a 2+ as Patrol Bomber). The only other Patrol Bomber that I can recall with Night Specialist is the PBY Black Cat. Other bombers have gotten SAs like Night Bomber, but Night Specialist appears to have been saved for a very select few, which doesn't include planes like the Ju88, He111, Betty, B-25, B-26, Hudson, Beauford, etc. That's checked to a certain extent by the relatively low attack values, but at 4/8/1, this will be a pretty tough strafer against DDs, which this thing will be death to in night games.

I'm surprised by the low TT score. My own research suggested a higher value, like 2.

As for the Night Specialist SA, kind of surprised. Lots of patrol bombers performed more notably at night than this one, and PBs are already good at night...

If it is to be a 1 torp, I would say either make it a alt attack or remove it completely. Lets focus on its role as a naval bomber. The most important ship sunk by Soviet air was on 16 July 1944. The Germain cruiser Niobe sunk by 4 A-20 bombers (with 7 standard bombs + 2 penetration bomb) The Soviets were looking the Väinämöinen but found and sunk instead this anti-aircraft cruiser. The attack was made up of Pe-2 and A-20s. Since Pe-2 has split the defenses already, how about we give the A-20 something like ASW Swarm

Bomber Swarm. During your Air Attack step, if another friendly aircraft makes an bomb attack against an enemy unit, this unit rolls one extra attack die when making bomb attacks against that enemy unit this turn.


And keep the night operations since the Soviets could use one.

Then use the TT attack

I'd still prefer not to see Night Specialist on this unit. As a medium bomber in the same class as several other bombers like the Ju88, He111, Betty, B-25, B-26, Hudson, and Beauford, all of which were just as effective at night, I don't see why this plane should have a superior chance to place when none of those planes do. The standard 3+ placement roll all Patrol Bombers get is good enough on the A-20.  2+ instead of 3+ represents a significant improvement in placement opportunity at night (83% vs 67%) and this is a much more durable Patrol Bomber than the others that have Night Specialist. 

While I agree the second version is cleaner, I'd prefer to see Expert Strafer retained instead of Night Specialist.