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| The ETO's finest single engined ground attack aircraft
Contenders to be drawn from Russia, Germany, Italy, England and the U.S.
Which country fielded the best single engined ground attack plane* (that saw at least 6 months of significant combat before the end of the war) and what was that plane?
*This question is not of which aircraft had the most significant impact on the war but of which aircraft that saw at least 6 months of significant combat was the hands down best ground pounder.
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03-25-2005, 04:48 AM
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Country:  | Fw-190 A series.
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Country:  | 190 F/G series, P47 D (significant firepower and tough airframe).
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| No one's mentioned the Stormovik yet? | |
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Country: | Sturmovik wasn't so good. In fact it was very vulnerable. One precise hit on the big radiator under the belly and Il2 was a pile of burned metal lying in the vast fields of Western Russia.
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Originally Posted by Iskandar Taib No one's mentioned the Stormovik yet? | Well, because they did not fly in the Europian Theatre of Operations. 
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| OK, let's count Russia's aerial conflicts against Germany as part of the ETO. (What Theatre is that anyway?)
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Country:  | Well, if it's not part of the ETO, I don't know what it is. | |
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#9 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | how is eastern Europe not part of Europe??
i'd count russia........
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Originally Posted by DAVIDICUS OK, let's count Russia's aerial conflicts against Germany as part of the ETO. (What Theatre is that anyway?) | Yes put the EF into the mix.
Lanc, the ETO was France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Luxenburg and Germany.
Other ares of the globe used SWP, SEA, MTO, SPA, CPA, POA, NPA. | |
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#11 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | to me the European Theatre of Operations should include both the eastern and western fronts anyway...........
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| Hmmm, well the Fw-190 met it's match in both Russia against the Yaks and in the ETO with the P-51, so I reckon that although the Typhoon / Tempests were excellent, it should really go to the P-47, as it's a radial, it had a reasonable range, no dispute with the firepower, although cannons are cannons, but it could certainly deliver ordinance, and with great speed...yep, definately the Thunderbolt here....... | |
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass to me the European Theatre of Operations should include both the eastern and western fronts anyway........... | Definitely, it is a part of ETO sensu largo 
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#14 | | the old Sage
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Country:  | The eastern theater was not part of the ETO. In German it would be the Ost front not Reich Defence. there is a big difference. Eastern Front would be the corresponding name in English.........
by the way the Fw's never met their match to the Yaks, the Fw's still being superior with superior flying skills by the German pilots | |
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Country: | Typhoon or P-47 both good ground pounders with good firepower and speed although the P-47 had a longer range and properly could take a bit more damage.
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