Here is how I see the the 3 trafes:
The IL-2 strafe is fairly weak. It will not 1-shot squads (which is good), most of the time it will take a squad down to half HP and cause suppression. It does decent damage against light vehicles but only scratches medium tanks from the front and doesn't do a whole lot of damage against rear armor either.
P47 does a ton more damage to tanks but does not target infantry or support weapons at all. The damage is spaced out over 2 planes so it does not have extreme alpha damage. Their accuracy against moving targets is terrible as well. Heavy tanks are too much for the P47 and they will only take mild damage if you don't stay stationary. Medium tanks can get wrecked in 2-3 passes if you don't respond fast enough.
Now, the JU87 strafe... This thing is ridiculous at the moment. It's 40 ammo cheaper than the P47 strafe, yet it is better at anti-tank than the P47 (equal damage but concentrated in 1 burst rather than divided over 2 planes, wrecks all medium tanks in 1 pass with little time to respond) AND better at anti-infantry than the IL-2 strafe (way more damage, more squad wipes, wrecks support weapons) minus the suppression. It's way over performing for a 200 munition ability. The single pass strafe of the close air support doctrine is also broken. When used on the edge of the map (for short flying distance), it's a guaranteed kill on medium tanks. The shots hit the ground a mere 5 to 6 seconds after you call the plane in. Factor in nearly 2 seconds for the smoke to land, and you have yourself a situation where the enemy tank can't even accelerate away fast enough before getting 1-shotted. It can also be called in to wreck AT guns or clear infantry better than the single pass IL 2 strafe.
Something has to change with the strafes. Either IL-2 needs to be slightly cheaper and the JU87 needs to be a LOT more expensive (300 ammo at least). Or the IL-2 and JU87 need to be adjusted to match performance in price, which will mean a tiny buff to the IL-2 and a big nerf to the JU87.
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