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New Anti-Air Unit useful for Moscow or Calcutta?

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Has anyone stacked 2 to 3 anti-air artillery units in Moscow?

If 5 to 6 German/Japanese planes attack, then it seems like good odds of shooting down 20 IP of planes before combat even begins.
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well the odds are they’ll only get 1 plane.
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