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11-22-2004, 04:18 PM
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#331 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | You are correct with it going back and forth with the varients. I think more varients of fighters of the same kind came out in WW2 than any other time period. It probably was because it was cheaper and easier to just upgrade and existing type that was alrady proven rather than switch over and over. Plus the assembaly lines were already running for those types.
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11-22-2004, 04:36 PM
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#332 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country:  | Exactly.....
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11-22-2004, 04:59 PM
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#333 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Not to say that either side had great other designs thought it is just that each side had its main aircraft. The Germans had the Me-109, the Brits had the spitfire, the Americans had the P-51. It was like there signature aircraft.
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11-23-2004, 12:03 PM
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#334 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | And the French had the Dewoitine D.520 
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11-23-2004, 12:28 PM
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#335 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | And each had its own good charactistics and bad characteristics.
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11-23-2004, 03:38 PM
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#336 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | Yup. All planes have them though...
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11-24-2004, 02:12 PM
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#337 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | same with bombers really, each country had their principal bomber, us brits the lancaster, the americans the B-17 (even though the B-24 was better and built in bigger numbers) and the germans the He-111............
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11-24-2004, 02:15 PM
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#338 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yeap the same for bombers. The funny thing is that none of Germanys large long range heavy bombers really got off the ground. Hitler was so obsessed with bomber aircraft though that he never dropped the programs in favor of developing better fighters.
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11-24-2004, 03:27 PM
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#339 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | The way Hitler got to power may have been clever, but when he was in power it really became clear he was thick...
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11-25-2004, 01:47 PM
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#340 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | He needed to let his Generals and Feldmarschals like Rommel run the war. If Rommel did not have his hands tied behind his back the whole war I think he could have done more damage than he did.
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11-25-2004, 03:51 PM
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#341 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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11-26-2004, 11:47 AM
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#342 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I think that flying for the Germans might have been really fun actually. You had great aircraft but there is nothing more romantic than fighting a loosing battle. I mean I know it sucks to lose but the whole last stand thing even though it must have been disheartening it is kind of like The Alamo and battles like that. It was heroic.
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11-26-2004, 12:34 PM
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#343 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | I would have loved to fly German planes, for that reason but also because I think they had a more diverse range of aircraft. The Brits didnt really have a lot in comparison with the Germans when you think about it, The list of well known British planes is actually curiously short.
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11-26-2004, 12:36 PM
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#344 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yeah the Germans put a lot of planes out of different types and made different varients of the same planes.
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11-26-2004, 12:41 PM
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#345 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | Heres a German plane i'd have liked to fly:
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