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I get what you are saying as far as unit count for G4 or G5 timing.

However the bomber can help break Russian lines on G3 sometimes before the reinforcements from the East arrive.

Also can cause Allies to build more escorts or fewer transports and delay landings a round which means fewer units used for trades so more can move east.

There is a gap in follow up reinforcements that occurs as a result of this as you point out, but this is the trade off for higher speed.

The bomber threatens sea zones 3 and 13 that could otherwise be safe moves for Allies without it. It also helps threaten Egypt or Trans Jordan attack without needing to have fighters in range of those territories which puts them out of position in other areas if they are.

It never ends

https://imgur.com/a/AQG3QBC

2 Bombers shot down, 1 left and it does 1 damage.

The win/loss record of each player in the rankings should be able to be viewed

@JuliusBorisovBeamdog I started playing first as Allies because I hadn’t played the 1942 edition before. I have played the original version a lot in the past. When I played that, the Allies had a big advantage. I didn’t really know this was a different version until I started playing it and saw all these new unit types. I thought Allies would be easier, so I started with that. Didn’t know it had an advantage for Axis. Seems ahistorical.

Doesn’t help that the animation exaggerates hits over non hits.

I am Platinum 137 for Axis
44 Wins 13 Loses
57 Games Total

@aardvarkpepper Well if you are interested in developing an AI or improving the AI for A&A games and for an implementation much closer to the actual game then you should consider TripleA as we are always looking for contributions: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea