SAM Effectivness

[SGTGunn]

Hi,

I was wondering how the effectivness of SAMs was calculated in the game. I've noticed that many manportable and "mid-sized" SAMs seem to be incapable of downing fixed wing combat aircraft without multiple hits. For example in a recent West Germany vs. the Soviet Union campaign I was playing (1988), I watched with dismay as Soviet aircraft absorbed hit after hit by Stinger and Roland SAMs. Both SAMs typically did 2-4 points of damage to the aircraft, most of which required at least 12+ to be destroyed. During a particularly hairy turn where I was attacked by TWO DOZEN Soviet Aircraft, all of my kills went to either Improved Hawks (which do an astonishing 200+ points of damage) or to my Gepards 35mm finishing off planes that had already recieved 2-3 Stinger or Roland hits. The Stinger is purported to have destroyed over 300 Soviet fixed and rotary winged aircraft in Afghanistan, so it seems odd that the weapon (and similar light SAMS) is so ineffective in the game.