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02-23-2008, 03:33 PM
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Country:  | I have to go with the Ju87G on this one...after all Hans-Ulrich Rudel did destroy hundreds of tanks with it...
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02-23-2008, 06:15 PM
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Country:  | Honourable mention to the Ju-87G, but my choice is the IL-2M, efficient, versatile and deadly.
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02-25-2008, 01:28 PM
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Country:  | I'm gonna say the Hurricane IID because it was brutally effective in North Africa and Tunisia, and if worse came to worse, you still had a plane that performed well enough to run away. Also, I would have given more time for the Brits to develop the 47mm anti-tank gun that they were trying to fit to the Hurricane, or even just the squeeze bore modification for the 40mm, and kept the Hurricanes in service longer. | |
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02-25-2008, 04:17 PM
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Country: | As always, I voted for the Fw 190F-8 Panzerblitz 2... Truly devestating rocket rounds that thwarted many a breakout attempt by the Ruskies.... Fast, maneoverable, armored, a very stable platform....
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02-25-2008, 07:06 PM
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Country: | well it a hard pick this time but for the love of the ju 87 i got too pick her, she was a very good platform , slow but cant have everything can you | |
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02-25-2008, 07:29 PM
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Country: | I also picked the 190F. Doesn't do any good in the weeds if you become a victim to other predators. I have often wondered what the deficiency of the Soviet doctrine was for the Ju 87D to last so long on the east front.
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02-27-2008, 05:22 AM
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Country:  | I'm going for IL-2M - good, versatile and well armed and armored.
Ju-87G is also a good one, packing a good punch, but wasn't agile. | |
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02-27-2008, 06:53 AM
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Country:  | Is that a Typhoon or Tempest? | |
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02-27-2008, 08:09 AM
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Country: | I'm going with the Hurricane also. Probably would have voted for the P-47 or Typhoon because of their ability to fight there way out of trouble, but I don't like the rocket setup. Somewhere on this board we discussed the accuracy of the rockets being about 5%. I'll take the Hurricane shooting 4 20mm cannons over the rockets and the Hurricane can still fight it's way out of trouble. The Ju-87 and Il-2 were absolutely NOT dogfighters and needed cover to survive.
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02-27-2008, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by eddie_brunette  Is that a Typhoon or Tempest? | Judging by the thickness of the wing's root section, I'd say it's a Typhoon.
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02-27-2008, 02:34 PM
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Country: | Black Death
The Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik known to the German soldiers as "Schwarzer Tod", "Black Death"
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02-28-2008, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Evilnine The Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik known to the German soldiers as "Schwarzer Tod", "Black Death" | And as "Maatalouskone" ("agricultural machine") among the Finns, but IL-2 wasn't a very deadly plane at the Finnish Front.
For example on the 4th June 1943 6-10 IL-2s attacked the Finnish aerodrome at Nurmoila covered by eight fighters. For twenty minutes they strafed, bombed and fired rockets but the only damage was the holes in the runway. [1]
Finns probably shot down more IL-2s than the Iljushins killed Finnish soldiers and equipment. The total number of shot down planes is somewhere in 400 - 450 at the Finnish Front.
[1] T-19282/91. Finnish National Archive Service. | |
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02-28-2008, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Mangrove And as "Maatalouskone" ("agricultural machine") among the Finns, but IL-2 wasn't a very deadly plane at the Finnish Front.
For example on the 4th June 1943 6-10 IL-2s attacked the Finnish aerodrome at Nurmoila covered by eight fighters. For twenty minutes they strafed, bombed and fired rockets but the only damage was the holes in the runway. [1]
Finns probably shot down more IL-2s than the Iljushins killed Finnish soldiers and equipment. The total number of shot down planes is somewhere in 400 - 450 at the Finnish Front.
[1] T-19282/91. Finnish National Archive Service. | What were the Fins using to battle the Soviets?
I just know it wasn't the Gladiator!
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