Talk:Tempest/@comment-116.250.210.145-20130821030012/@comment-97.88.61.100-20140427234454

Missiles =/= high-explosive shells. And let's not even talk about missiles, let's talk about autocannons. Sure, flak cannons aimed at the ground are a fairly decent high-explosive gun, but artillery aimed at the sky doesn't hit aircraft. The difference is in the caliber and the fire rate, and also the fact that flak doesn't actually have to hit its target in the air (I'm not sure how they adjust for height since I'm pretty sure that flak works by exploding automatically at a certain altitude).