: I guess it has been designed this way to allow one to calculate relative bearings, but not the most user friendly way and how often does one need relative bearings while flying a combat mission?!
A fighter pilot don't need use Map Tools, specially during combat mission, this Tools is useful for bomber pilots use - before start flight.

Fighter pilots only need know this "Rule of the thumb": England is at North and France at South.

Maps Tools is another good idea that in CloD is implemented unfinished - lack ability to draw more than one line (waypoints legs) over map.

Place this attached "Wind Rose"(1.tga) as dashboard picture, help with bearings and reciprocals.

I am not sure, but think that internal scales is considering Magnetic Deviation, one for short distances, one for long distances and reflect the Magnetic Deviation in "Dr.WH'Oleg" world and not the value of real world in 1940.

Dashboard picture.zip