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03-09-2006, 11:59 AM
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 | but the battle, when used in WWII, was a bad aircraft, it'd be amazing in WWI, but against it's contemparies it sucked, how good something is is judged by other planes of the day.....
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03-10-2006, 03:38 PM
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03-11-2006, 05:20 AM
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| the Bloch MB150 (or is it 151) sucked so much it wouldnt take off
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03-11-2006, 04:07 PM
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 | That was the prototype that failed to take off. It produced the MB.152 which was very heavily armed for 1940 !
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03-13-2006, 04:26 PM
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| For someone on this thread here: The He-177 was the worst aircraft of WW2.
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03-17-2006, 08:35 PM
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03-18-2006, 12:16 AM
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03-18-2006, 07:03 AM
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03-18-2006, 08:40 PM
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| blame Goering or some RLM guy
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03-20-2006, 04:33 PM
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| Yes it had potential but they went about building it the wrong way, and it never should have been attempted for dive bombing or tank busting duties.
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03-24-2006, 11:40 PM
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| at least better than putting a 50mm cannon in the worlds 1st operational jet fighter
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03-24-2006, 11:45 PM
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| Brewster Buffalo ? Are we talking about the same plane that had the highest kill ratio of the war here, Kiwimac ?
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03-25-2006, 05:52 AM
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| The Buffalo? THOSE facts I'd like to see. The Buffalo was obsolete by the start of WW2. Kiwimac
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03-25-2006, 08:30 AM
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| In the hands of the Finns, the Buffalo (B-239) had the highest kill ratio of the war...496 planes shot down for 19 losses - a 26:1 kill ratio... |
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