Planes with unusual heros?

[HunterHH]

I just began to play the Obojan Map in the Axis Operations 1943 DLC and i noticed some soviet planes with heros that i normally never would think about attaching them to planes.
What are the benefits of these? Can someone light me up?



(And sorry for my crappy english and the germanized map-name and names in the screenshot, its just my native language)

[Snake97644]

The planes act like arty/AT, they provide support to defending ground units adjacent to them.

[HunterHH]

Thanks. I have no Problem with these traits on the Planes as they are easy prey.
I just never thought about it putting these traits onto them, but actually it makes sense having planes as close support in a game about combined arms. Maybe i just should begin to think outside of my old box of ground based defence plans.

[Tassadar]

Thanks. I have no Problem with these traits on the Planes as they are easy prey.
I just never thought about it putting these traits onto them, but actually it makes sense having planes as close support in a game about combined arms. May i just should begin to think outside of my old box of ground based defence plans.

The thing here is that the player is the more active side of the battle most of the time, so the tactical bombers or fighters are more often than not used against difficult remote targets before the enemy has the chance to strike. As such, there's almost always a better unit to place this heroes on. For the AI it'd however different, as map designers can then come up with complex, puzzle-like defenses.