General "Why" Questions

[CanucKev]

Hey, I've just got a few questions I've always wondered about:

1. Why do AA guns hit on only a 1/6 chance - were they really that bad in WWII? Also, why is it that even if there are 5 AA guns in a territory, only one of them fires? It seems to me that if there are more AA guns, there'd be a better chance of shooting down planes.

2. Why can't Chinese infantry load onto transports?

3. Why is it that only the USA can build new industrial complexes?

4. Why is a damaged battleship uprighted at the end of each turn, and not after one round? My reasoning is this: if a combined fleet of British and US ships attacked a Japanese battleship, and the british only hit the Japanese battleship once, the Americans would then have to hit the battleship twice to sink it (essentially making it a three-hit battleship). But if all attacking ships fired at the "same time", it would only take two hits - which seems to make more sense.

5. This isn't a "why" question, but in an amphibious assualt from a sea zone with CAP, does engaging the CAP with ships count as a naval battle, so that battleships/destroyers can't fire a support shot?

Any insight would be great. Thanks in advance.

[Frog]

Answers as I understand:

1: A: yes they were inaccurate, but I don't know why more than 1 can't be used. I have played where you can have as many as you wish. Similar to D-Day as Artillery fire at planes.

2: A: China never had the resouces or will to move troops by sea.

3: A: ???? Don't know????

4: A: Battleships can be "fixed" at sea. Each countries turn is supposed to represent a time period. (say several months)

5: A:Yes it is a sea battle, NO shore shot

[Scott_WAR]

Answer to 3- at least my opinion. Because of the Crush India strategy. If Japan were able to build an IC , they would place it in Asia, and then the crush india strategy would be too effective. As for why UK cant... I dont know. Aside from the obvious, I doubt they would ever have the cash to spare, and there really is no decent place to put one for UK.

[CanucKev]

For the battleship thing, I'm thinking more along the lines of if a force of british AND american ships attacked a japanese ship at the same time (in reality), then the Japanese ship wouldn't get a chance to repair in between shots ... and since A&A doesn't let two ships from different countries attack at the same time (without a house rule, which I was going to do anyway), a nice way around it would be to say battleships get repaired at the beginning of your turn. The US and UK might as well attack simultaneously anyway, since Japan doesn't get to attack in between their turns ...