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09-15-2007, 12:26 PM
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Gunners try and shoot down Hitler's feared V1 Rockets during World War 2! Revver » Rocket Bustin'!
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09-16-2007, 12:38 AM
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Country:  | Good find! The shockwaves from the explosion are really neat.
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
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09-17-2007, 02:41 PM
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09-17-2007, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  I want to say that I read a stat that showed they shot down 5000+ of those things. Did I remember that right? | Not sure of the number but with radar controlled guns and proximity fuses alongside the fighters (Typhoons, Spitfires, some Mosquitoes, Meteors and some other types) they certainly shot down quite a number of them.
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09-17-2007, 06:23 PM
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Country:  | Don't want to get all geeky but the V1 was a primitive jet and not a rocket.
A very useful pain in the rear that I think was a very worthwhile project and probably did the most damage of Hitlers wonder weapons. | |
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09-28-2007, 02:39 PM
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#7 | | the old Sage
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Country: | check out the Tempest web-site for more adds to V-1 killers, some of the pilots scores are rather impressive !
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09-28-2007, 03:00 PM
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Country: | That's cool. The explosions in midair look smaller than I expected, but still powerful.
The falling V1 rocket, I wonder if it is doing that because a Spitfire bumped into it or if it just went off course?
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