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Which makes sense what with the fact that they had been using them for quite some time and so knew how to use them properly and set requirements for designs to fit what they actually needed and also had a proper training pipeline for the pilots albeit not the most robust one in the case of the...

I will also note that the greater range of light bombers meant that they where far better suited for maritime patrol duty than dive bomber.

yep USN fast battleships where the best AA platforms of the war but considering the cost of building and then running them they weren't the most efficient ships to do the job

At least for their tonnage.

And dive bombers aren't known for their long range either.

Yep as we all know claims of kills are usually two or three times higher than reality on average. Plus while the Russias lost a lot of tanks knocked out they recovered and repaired a lot of said tanks

I will note that level bombers while terrible against most warships where very effective against merchant shipping