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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
What about Thousand Island?
History according to random people...
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Spectre311
Airman
Moving into the Cold War-era with this one. Someone claimed that the MiG-17 could easily defeat the F-14 in a dogfight because he did it in War Thunder.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Why am I not surprised?
Many years ago, on a CFS3 Multiplayer server, an idiot loaded a MiG-15 into an open Europe 1945 map.
I shot him down with my Me262A-1a and he screamed that I was "hack cheating" and I explained that first of all, the Soviets didn't have a MiG-15 during WWII, and it didn't help that he didn't know how to fly the thing.
His response was that he was pretty sure that the MiG-15 was in WWII, he had read it on the internet...
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
He forgot that Abraham Lincoln, or was it George Washington, texted that you cannot believe everything that you read on the internet
I thought it was George IV who texted that
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Weren"t they just paraphrasing Marcus Aurelius?
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
I've downed an F-35 with SPAD (the ww1 biplane) in Men of War: Assault Squad 2 editor!
Downed another F-22 with Hotchkiss HMG!
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
I think Sun Tzu said that!!!
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Yeah. I love his blog.
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Btw, if he can fly with the MiG-17, we can test it in real!
I know lots of Tomcat ex pilots.
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
The original one? Or the new one?
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
I prefer the classic. Too much AI in the new one.
Snautzer01
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Love his qoutes: If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear black coffee and a doughnut in the morning.
Classic.
Spectre311
Airman
You can watch this guy's video and either laugh or cringe. Also, the Iran-Iraq war is a rather fascinating topic considering the F-14's success. It's from the same War Thunder Youtuber I mentioned who claimed that he could embarrass a Tomcat with a MiG-17
View: https://youtu.be/JxsFz1DP5i0
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MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
I will not look at his site as that just encourages him and his ilk
Spectre311
Airman
I don't blame you, friend his video sadly got recommended to me after watching a few Dave "Bio" Baranek Ward Carroll videos on how to better utilize the Tomcat in DCS.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Well, I had a conversation with a 20 year old guy this afternoon, who was telling me all about the Me163.
Aparently, the Germans copied the North American F-86's wing AND it was supposed to have jet power.
However, since all the jet engines were to be for the Me262 (per Hitler's orders), they put a V-2 rocket engine in it instead.
There was an awkward silence after sharing his informative bit of history and I think I may have blinked once.
Finally, I asked him if he played War Thunder, to which he replied "yes!".
I said "well you need to stop it. seriously".
Aparently, the Germans copied the North American F-86's wing AND it was supposed to have jet power.
However, since all the jet engines were to be for the Me262 (per Hitler's orders), they put a V-2 rocket engine in it instead.
There was an awkward silence after sharing his informative bit of history and I think I may have blinked once.
Finally, I asked him if he played War Thunder, to which he replied "yes!".
I said "well you need to stop it. seriously".
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Sage advice.
Well we shouldn't use WT as a source of reliable data, but when simulated engagements were flown between MiG-17s and various USAF and USN types in the late '60s the message was clear: only engage the MiG on your terms. In slow-speed manoeuvring dog fights the MiG always won out. Advice was to use speed in order to pull out of range and only re-engage if the odds were in your favour. It therefore doesn't take too much of an extrapolation to assume that the same would be true of an F-14.
