 | Best Bomber of WW2 -- #3| Old Threads Discuss Best Bomber of WW2 -- #3 in the Old Stuff forums; At the time they were wanting to buy I think they would have kept it for themselves. This was before ... |
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07-01-2005, 10:37 AM
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#46 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | At the time they were wanting to buy I think they would have kept it for themselves. This was before Italy officially joined the war.
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07-05-2005, 12:00 PM
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Country:  | That might make some sence. Then Italy really never was in a good positiopn to be in the war anyway. 
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07-06-2005, 07:39 AM
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#48 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | No they were not. The Italian military was always needing the Wehrmacht to save them all the time. The Italian navy was never used to its potential. They had a great navy and just let it get destroyed in the harbor.
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07-06-2005, 03:05 PM
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Country:  | They knew how to build good equipment, they just werent very good at using it.
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07-06-2005, 03:57 PM
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#50 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Agreed to an extent.
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07-06-2005, 04:44 PM
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Country:  | The Italian Navy was alright in equipment terms, although they lacked any aircraft carriers worth mentioning. The Italian Air Force had a few decent designs but had nothing good in numbers - and were not capable of mass production. The Italian army equipment was dump!
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07-06-2005, 04:56 PM
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#52 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Which is why I said agreed to an extent.
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07-06-2005, 05:17 PM
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| B-25 Mitchell is one of my favorite meduim bomber, but unsure what's my favorite for HEAVY and I was thinking B-17 Flying Fortress would be excellent pick, but again what about B-24 Liberator?
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07-06-2005, 05:31 PM
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#54 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I personally like the B-17 the best mostly because of its history and because it could take a lot of beating but the best bomber would have to the B-29. You can not forget the B-24 or the Lancaster though.
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07-07-2005, 03:02 PM
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Country: | Yeah the B-29 is my favoutite bomber. (Except the P.108..)
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07-07-2005, 03:56 PM
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#56 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | The P.108 is growing on me.
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07-07-2005, 03:58 PM
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07-07-2005, 04:03 PM
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Country:  | I agree Adler the best was the B29 but not the most effective I think its hard to pick a difference between the Lanc and B17 each had it merrits and work well together in Europe.
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07-07-2005, 04:03 PM
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#59 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I just like the fact that she was one of the "What ifs". She was not a bad bomber she just never got the chance.
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07-07-2005, 04:05 PM
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#60 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by trackend I agree Adler the best was the B29 but not the most effective I think its hard to pick a difference between the Lanc and B17 each had it merrits and work well together in Europe. | I believe you actually 100%.
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