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Hi Paul The problem with head on atttack is the rate of closure which equates to target size and time within guns range. But of course, that's also a primary reason for choosing head on attack. ie: maximising survival through minimising exposure as a targetable unit to enemy fire on the ingress and ...

So again range is very impotant from a tactical standpoint in certain strategic areas. BoB & B of Berlin. Even moreso for bombers. But again it has much less to do with the fighting quality of an aircraft. Obviously comprehending what has been pointed out is beyond your 'ken. Endurance has a gr...

Thanks, friends. Sigrun, I don't doubt everything happens in a bloomin' hurry in the air, even at WWII-era speeds of the 300-450 mph range. I hope this topic will remain active for a while; the more I learn, the happier I am. Yours, Paul Hi Paul When I stress the point, it's because it is generally...

The range of the Mustang was a great tactical innovation, but does not impress me as a fighting quality. Speed, turn, dive, cockpit visibility, roll rate, & firepower are more important to me. Sakai went 1800 miles one wai in his Zero. Don't care so much how far the plane went, moreinterested i...

Thanks for your reply, Erich. It also astounds me to think of the incredible courage required to make such an attack. One other thing--when breaking off the attack and diving away, would a pilot roll over on his back and dive away with his plane's belly to the guns of the ball turret gunners? I'm t...

...I've read of these attacks all my life, but a couple of things I've never found out are how they were done, and about how many times on average a German fighter pilot in, say, an Fw-190, could make head-on attacks against a US bomber formation. I would imagine only three or four times, based on ...

I honestly don't know why synchronized nose-mounted machine guns went out of style in favor of all-wing-mounted weapons in the USAAF; perhaps it was a reaction to the lousy performance of the last American fighter to have them--the P-39 Airacobra? Paul Simplicity (maintenance), and standardisation,...

I cannot fathom Quite apparently, and perfectly comprehensible upon reading the rest of your post. Unfortunately for you, understanding requires a modicum of intelligence reinforced by the capability for analytical thought. :( "when we fight for our own reasons we are scorned and accused of be...

Logistics (increased production using available facilities of RR Merlin vs development of RR Peregrine engine) was one of the reasons promising alternative types like the Whirlwind didn't get up and operational, and Hurricane production persisted despite the obvious superiority of the Spitfire and b...

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The game is Close Combat: Invasion Normandy. Arguably still the best tactical wargame yet available for the PC Patrick, but the PC AI of Close Combat V is hopeless irrespective of whichever side you choose to play. See if you can download some of the AI mods which enhance the game considerably. In ...

Flak88 wrote:Why the attachment to the Messerschmitts?

Production logistics.

You're not just clicking pause, options, select new type, enter, unpause - so its just a little more difficult to select a new type than when playing "European Air War" or "IL2 Sturmovik" on your PC y'know.

Which one is more better ?? You have to put that question into an operational context for any sort of a meaningful answer. However, in brief, if you've ever seen or sat in them, you'd realise the P-51 is a much larger and more powerful aircraft than the Me-109. By the time the two were operational ...

Oy vey.. Comfortingly familiar though he might feel with Yid vernacular, 'Rabbi Rolf' all too conveniently though understandably 'forgets' the following. "Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, daß ich dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler, dem Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrma...

The Gestapo aka Geheimstaatspolizei, literally "secret state police", was the political investigation sub-agency of the German state police , headed initially by Rudolf Diels and answerable to Hermann Göring. In 1934, they came under the direct control and administration of the SS, and wit...