 | Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I| Old Threads Discuss Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I in the Old Stuff forums; yes that's the missile, i assume it was rocket powered?? i think it said it had a range of ... |
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06-13-2004, 08:13 AM
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#211 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | yes that's the missile, i assume it was rocket powered?? i think it said it had a range of 20 miles..................
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06-13-2004, 01:49 PM
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| I'm not real familiar with it but I am fairly certain it would have been rocket powered as are most modern missles.
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06-15-2004, 01:04 AM
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| I did some checking on the Bat and here is what I found. The weapon entered combat in Jan. 1945 with the USN PB4Y2 Privateer patrol bombers. Each aircraft was capable of carrying two of the weapons. They were glide bombs (no motor at all) but glided very well; a maximum of 15-20 miles depending of release speed and altitude. They weighed approximately 1,600lbs with 1,000lbs of that being explosive. Guidance was by ACTIVE radar, the first time this was ever used (and very impressive for 1945). Several ships were damaged or sunk but it's success was limited to hitting ships in open water. If the ship was in port or otherwise near land the early seeker head would become confused by the multiple echoes and was likely to miss the intended target. Still, a very technologically advanced weapon for its time.
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06-15-2004, 01:06 PM
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#214 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i'm suprised the germans didn't come up with a similar idea, or did they?? after all the germans came up with pretty much every other idea when it came to aircraft..................
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06-15-2004, 01:12 PM
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| I am not aware of any other active radar missiles being used by anybody during the war. In that since, at least, the Bat has to be considered one of the most advanced weapons of the war.
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06-15-2004, 01:20 PM
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#216 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i would agree, along with the A-Bomb, which is a pretty obvious candidate...............
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06-15-2004, 01:26 PM
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| Very true. But I was more specifically refering to the guidance system. And an A-bomb didn't really need a guidance system.
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06-16-2004, 01:12 PM
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#218 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | in terms of guidance i would say it's the most advanced guidace system i've heard of..................
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06-16-2004, 04:44 PM
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Country: | It is interesting to see the Americans, in one thing at least, ahead of the Germans. Who had the worlds first ballistic missile, the worlds first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (On the drawing board), the worlds first air-to-air guided missile, the worlds first air-to-surface guided missile, the worlds first anti-aircraft missile. The list could go on...
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06-16-2004, 11:09 PM
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| Yes it could. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make there though.
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06-17-2004, 01:55 PM
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06-17-2004, 02:32 PM
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| What, that the Germans were ahead of Britain in developing all of that techonology? 
The Germans had some of the best and brightest at the time, no denying that.
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06-17-2004, 08:56 PM
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Country: | Ahead of Britain in some things yes, I'm not ashamed in admitting that. Germany and Britain were two(And are still up at the top) of the greatest industrial, engineering and scientific nations of the world. German technology being stolen from them by the Americans and Russians. Still, couldn't beat the British engine.
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06-18-2004, 01:12 PM
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#224 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | is that plane engine or car engine, because no-one can beat either.......................
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06-18-2004, 01:28 PM
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Country: | The Americans do nice sounding engines, and big gas guzzling engines. Shame about the weight of the car, and low power out-put in comparison to the size of the thing. But we'll keep off car engines.
I was of course refering to the Aircraft engines.
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