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09-15-2005, 12:44 PM
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#436 | | Master of Ewes
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i never realised you actually went through with it........
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09-15-2005, 01:07 PM
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#437 | | "Shooter"
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09-16-2005, 04:24 PM
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#438 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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09-19-2005, 11:56 AM
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#439 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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09-21-2005, 02:10 PM
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#440 | | Master of Ewes
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"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
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11-19-2005, 11:22 AM
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#441 | | Junior Member
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| bazooka had been fully developed pre-war
How easy to do a blitz thru France if the Fr/Brit/Belgians etc had thousands and thousands of these?Just curious. | |
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11-19-2005, 12:44 PM
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#442 | | Master of Ewes
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"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
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11-19-2005, 02:14 PM
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#443 | | Senior Member
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11-19-2005, 02:20 PM
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#444 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | [quote] Post subject: bazooka had been fully developed pre-war[/img]
Maybe he means that...
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11-19-2005, 02:24 PM
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#445 | | Senior Member
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Country: | That would have been interesting, if they had an effective personal AT weapon in the early war years. But it wouldn't have stopped the German advance through the West. Most of the attacks were across open land, no where for the infantry to hide. The Wehrmacht was just too fast for the Allies who, aside from the British, were thinking in terms of World War I positional warfare.
The French thought it best to stay in their fortifications, along with the Belgians. None had studied Napoleon, I assume, because he stated "He who stays in his fortifications, loses."
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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11-20-2005, 10:45 AM
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#446 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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11-20-2005, 03:30 PM
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#447 | | Junior Member
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| Here's an interesting What-if?
What if the Germans had gotten their jet going a little earlier? The Heinkel He 178 that is. 
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11-20-2005, 03:34 PM
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#448 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Which Jet? They had many. I do not think it would have changed the outcome of the war any. The allies were pummeling the German production capability and the engines on the Me-262 (I presume that is the one you are talking about ) were not very reliable. Now if they could have gotten the Ta-183 and the Messerschmitt P.1011 as early as lets say 1943 then maybe they could have done something.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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11-20-2005, 03:36 PM
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#449 | | Junior Member
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| it'd be interesting anyhow to see an early jet fight against a prop
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11-20-2005, 03:42 PM
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#450 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | It happened. There were plenty of Me-262 v. P-51D fights.
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