Why is Taranto raid so popular?

@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:

@JDOW lets say the gerrys land a couple planes in Rome, at least threatening a full 3 plane scramble against Taranto, are you saying that anything short of 90% is a no go for the UK? I’m just trying to get an idea for how you play the game!

Let me try to answer, even though i am not JDOW. The answer is yes, it’s no go.
You are better off saving your fleet at Gibraltar. Because it also protects against sea lion.

If you loose Taranto, you are in horrible shape

At Gibraltar you are threating the med and 110, even maybe Norway soon. If you are dead, none

@Aaron_the_Warmonger: Oysteilo got you my answer, I second his post above!

p.s.: I love “Gerrys”. :joy:

@oysteilo so its just a conservative move to try to ensure that, even though italy may start to break out quicker, the pressure is on the germans right out of the gate. And this assumes a 3 plane scamble in 110 by the UK on G1?

@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:

@oysteilo so its just a conservative move to try to ensure that, even though italy may start to break out quicker, the pressure is on the germans right out of the gate. And this assumes a 3 plane scamble in 110 by the UK on G1?

I am not sure it is a conservative move, if you mean conservative in the sense of not attacking I guess it is. I think the point is you are threatening many areas. What do you think happens if Italy decides to move out its fleet fram sz 97 where it has air coverage? Its dead. Does Italy want that? No, so its maybe forced to sit in 97. Maybe you force Germany to buy infantry for Paris to protect Normandy?, maybe you force germany to garrison Norway? I think that is what it is about. The axis need to consider where this fleet is and what it can do

The reason I do Taranto is to try and shut down Italy before it gets anywhere do UK can focus on helping Russia and U.S. against Germany.

So, for those who don’t, what happens next? Are you able to keep Cairo? Doesn’t Italy get into the Middle East quickly and create a problem with their income?

@oysteilo i meant conservative in the sense of minimizing risk to the UK (and i assume that minimizing risk to the UK means that they have at least maximized their options for the future). It almost functions as a pin and leaves Italy to terrorize poor old greece for a turn. I suppose it takes awhile to get an ACC for italy if you can’t get any bonuses… i’m starting to like the SZ92 stack more and more…

@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…

The purpose of the airbase at Gibraltar is to defend Egypt. You can have 5 (2 from carrier and 3 from gibraltar) planes in Egypt round 2. Most likely italy can not take egypt then. You can also use the transport to move the aa gun and inf from malta to egypt. The india transport can activate Persia which also gives you two men for egypt. So its easy to field 1 aa gun, 3 inf and 5 fighters/tac to Egypt round 2. Egypt will not fall

@oysteilo said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
Egypt will not fall

I love it!

Well, this page sounds like a repetition of the first page. I btw never lose Egypt even if I do not attack 97 in UK1.
Oysteilo and I thoroughly explained you the risks and downsides of Taranto, the required odds, if you go for it, the importance of a sub as a bid as well as the strategic considerations, the advantages of the Gib bastion UK1.
Reminder: both, Taranto and Gib Bastion are viable. One can‘t even tell what to do before seeing the map after J1.

If you don’t believe us, so be it and happy Taranto at 75% odds in all of your games :-)

@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:

@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…

The AB also protects Gib for you as you can bring the planes over from there if required.

i’ll take all my battles at 3:1 in my favor!

@JDOW said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:

@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:

@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…

The AB also protects Gib for you as you can bring the planes over from there if required.

This should read: The AB also protects EGYPT…!

@JDOW I knew what you meant. Going to try the GIBASTION next Global game.