I don't know if this is new or intended, but I've noticed AI fighter aircraft don't attack Artillery category targets such as a 150mm Howitzer if they only have machine gun armament remaining, even if set to GATTACK and with the Artillery specified as their set target.
They will bomb them, and follow up with strafing runs on trucks, but then break off as soon as only the Howitzers are left. In comparison, cannon armed fighters will bomb and then follow up with strafing runs targeting the Howitzers as well.
It's not that the machine guns can't destroy this kind of artillery in game. They certainly can, but the AI don't even try. And it's not that the AI thinks all items in the Artillery category are armoured, because Katyusha trucks still get strafed.
And I don't see why this would be intended behaviour either. After all, in real life MG armed fighters on strike missions would follow up with strafing runs on non-armoured artillery positions specified as their target just as readily as cannon armed fighters I'm sure. Just having a gunshield isn't going to be enough to deter an aerial MG attack. An aircraft can choose it's attack direction and take out a gun crew with relative ease, so it should still be considered as a 'soft' target worthy of a strafing run at least as much as a truck is.
Whatever the cause, it would be great if this can be fixed.
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