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02-12-2004, 11:23 PM
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| Paradoxes (Things That Contradict Themselves) Of WWII
I go with B-29 and how it had largest bomb load and takeoff weight of the war YET it was too fast for many jap fighters with a top speed of 370mph so it contradicts itself in being big heavy and a bomber and yet its faster than fighters | 
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02-13-2004, 11:06 AM
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02-13-2004, 12:34 PM
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Country:  | i wouldn't say that was contradictory, as it was very heavy, it's just that it was fast to
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02-13-2004, 11:30 PM
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| yes big heavy daunting yet faster than fighters cuz when u think bomber u think slow and b29 had 20k bomb load and lanc had like 18k and yes i know about grand slam but those were specially modifeid | |
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02-14-2004, 01:49 PM
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| Military intelligence.  
Seriously, though, I agree with Germans, though. A bomber like that that's monstrously heavy, and yet can go faster than the fighters trying to bring it down would seem to be a paradox
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02-14-2004, 01:51 PM
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Country: | well, it didn't see that much enemy fighter action really when you think about it
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02-14-2004, 02:49 PM
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| cuz it flew too high and was too fast now can someone else state a paradox | |
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02-15-2004, 05:32 AM
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Country: | the vickers wellington was called the wellington, but it didn't look like one, what's up with that?
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02-15-2004, 12:14 PM
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| The Lancaster. It doesn't look at all like Lancaster. I mean, really
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02-15-2004, 01:25 PM
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Country: | yeah, but that's different...........
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02-16-2004, 10:02 PM
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| those arent paradoxes the nuke is it killed many and yet it saved even more | |
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02-21-2004, 01:27 PM
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02-23-2004, 04:50 PM
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02-23-2004, 04:57 PM
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| I've just looked up some info on the B-29 apparently its top speed was 358mph...now its a fact that the Zero could reach 332 (not far off 35 - plus try to remember 358mph was the absolute maximum..with a bomber being shot at and damaged not to mention normal stress on the engine - no aircraft can maintain maximum speed for too long BUT the big BUT here is that the Mitsubishi Raiden codenamed 'Jack' by the allies could reach 365mph which explains my previous point about the bombers heavy weapons....fighters could and did catch the B-29 and they did get shot down by japanese fighters sometimes
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