Me-262

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

I agree that more 190's would have been better, but you cannot say the 262 didnt play its part in the war. Also in the long run, if it wasnt for the 262 then I dont think a lot of the modern jets we have today would even exist.

Well, the move to Jet power was underway, I'm not sure the 262 was the big influence, but certainly German efforts were a big impetus. I think that FW 1111 (or whatever it was) really had more influence, as it was the influence for the Mig-15.

I am saying the 262 played its part in WWII. It hurt Germany! Any time a country takes its eyes off reality and devotes so much resources to wonder weapons that they cannot produce enough servicable weapons, it is making a blunder.

The Me-262 should have stayed in the experimental and testing stage another 2-3 years, while German industry developed the base technology to mass produce jet engines that worked. I figure each Me-262 airframe laid down represents at least two FW190 or three Bf109 aiframes that did not get built. Of the 2500 Me262 airframes laid down, 1500 or so were actually completed and about 300 actually saw combat service. This is not a wise utilization of scarce resources. Not only that, but engineering talent spent on the 262 could have been used to improve other German fighters and bombers.

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Actually youve got a pretty good point on this, I duly oblige to agree with you

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

Actually youve got a pretty good point on this, I duly oblige to agree with you

I just want you to consider it m8. The same can be said for most of the V weapons. The truth is that all the German V weapons did little for their chances in the war. Only had their nuclear bomb program bore fruit before that of the USA (and Germany was not even close to being able to make a true fission weapon) would have made a difference. It is speculated that Germany might have used dirty bombs carried by V2's, but I think if they had then Britain would have used nerve gas, and Europe would have been one big graveyard, and neither side would have won, but Germany would have suffered worse (there'd probably be no Germans left).

While Germany was building stupid weapons like the V2 rocket, the USA (with a big boost from early British radar research) developed and deployed the VT proximity fuse. Had the Germans had a comparable proximity fuse I think it would have made more difference than all the V weapons and King Tigers and Me262's put together - the Allied Bombing offensive would have been over in a couple of months.

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FW 1111

Dont you mean the Messerschmitt P.1101?

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

Dont you mean the Messerschmitt P.1101?

I got the numbers confused with the Me, been a long time since I looked at these hypothetical Luftwaffe' jets.

No I really meant the FW183:

http://www.luft46.com/fw/ta183-i.html
http://www.luft46.com/

Which to me looks an awful lot like the mig 15:



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So does the P.1101

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no it doesn't...............

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It does...

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doesn't..............

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Does - that one doesnt have complet body panels.

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i'm fully aware of that, i realise the engine would be covered, but it still doesn't.............

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Why doesnt it look like it.

Flight line is different. Tail is of traditional layout.

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Both planes bear a resemblance though, thats clear.

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does anyone here know how many total kills 262's got. I need it for a history project. Tell me the source you got it from too please. It would be a huge help if anyone does.