 | Planes that look the part:thugs,brutes,killers.| Aviation Discuss Planes that look the part:thugs,brutes,killers. in the World War II - Aviation forums; List AC you think look as fearsome as their roles imply,
Here's a few to start, Bristol Beufighter; ugly ... |
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01-21-2007, 11:02 PM
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Country:  | Planes that look the part:thugs,brutes,killers.
List AC you think look as fearsome as their roles imply,
Here's a few to start, Bristol Beufighter; ugly plane, ugly name.
Hs 129; it's built by a company that makes tanks, for cryin out loud.
A 10 Warthog;nuff said.
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01-21-2007, 11:06 PM
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Country: | CR-32 - it looked like an Italian Boxer! 
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01-21-2007, 11:32 PM
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Country:  | P-47 Thunderbolt; A-10 Thunderbolt II. Take a lot of damage, rugged looks and can still get the ground attack role done... | |
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01-22-2007, 05:55 AM
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| Typhoon Mk I and Mk Ib:
Mk I because it looked like the hunchback from hell.
Mk IB because, although a little more elegant in sihlouette, it had four whooping great cannon sticking out of the wings. Angry indeed.
Su-25: a plane that was just meant to have a sharkmouth painted on it
F6F: "A size 10 plane for a size 6 pilot" was how my grandfather (who briefly crewed on B-24s in the PTO, before transferring to the engineers) described it. Same thing for the P-47 I understand. One British wag, when asked how he made evasive manouvers in a beast that size, said "Simple, you unbuckle the straps and run around the cockpit!"
Short Sterling: Possibly the ugliest front line bomber of the war (its a three way tie with the He-177 and the Farman F222) for some reason the design just screams "I'm coming to kill you with big bombs" to me. Honourable mention to the Cant Alcione trimotor, which looks like a cross between an anteater and a crocodile. | |
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01-22-2007, 07:37 AM
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Country: | Ugly - Any plane made by Blohm and Voss, P-40 without the shark mouth. It just looks naked without it.
Brute - P-47, Typhoon,
Killer - B-25 that had 8 fixed machine guns in the nose, 4 more on the sides, and 2 more in the dorsal gun. That would punch a hole in anything | |
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01-22-2007, 09:28 AM
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01-22-2007, 11:46 AM
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#7 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Fw-190 Wurger - Named after a bird of prey and looks like one. Built for killing.
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01-22-2007, 12:09 PM
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01-22-2007, 12:15 PM
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#9 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by Raf ace  Spitfire spits bullets that kill | Thats what all fighters do... 
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01-22-2007, 12:30 PM
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Country: | Bv-222 Brutish transport. Looks like a thick longshoreman capable lifting anything.
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01-22-2007, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Erich Sturmböck Fw 190A-8/R8 | Quote:
Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Fw-190 Wurger - Named after a bird of prey and looks like one. Built for killing. | Got to agree here, definitely the Fw-190.
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01-22-2007, 01:01 PM
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Country: | F4U loaded with rockets. Gonna shoot up your airfield, and then we gonna
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01-22-2007, 08:18 PM
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Country: | Have to agree with the Beaufighter, one mean and purposful looking bird.
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01-23-2007, 11:00 AM
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#14 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | can't agree with the spit she's far too elegant, she's more of a sexy seductive lady that kills you only as a crime of passion or through an overly violent sex act
otherwise yes the P-47, Tiffy, EF Typhoon, Fw-190A, I-16 and SR-71 all belong in this catagory............
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01-23-2007, 11:10 AM
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With style, elegance, and speed it WILL blow you up, and then chop up any pieces left.
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