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    Best WW2 plane for Ukraine today?

    Want to make a bet that NO russian commander has ever read Gudarian, Rommel, Liddel-Hart nor Von Rundstedt? The UA forces have adequate tanks. What they need are guys like Wittman and Carius, Guderain and Rommel training them. WIth the kind of training the germans had at the beginning of 41...
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    Best WW2 plane for Ukraine today?

    What, no Carl Gustavs? THOSE would be appreciated..if you could find ammo..lol
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    Best WW2 plane for Ukraine today?

    The problem with the B3 was a 12 round magazine. 75mm rounds aren't small. Not huge, but for an aircraft, not small. Now a 40mm Bofors? But the B2 wit the BK 3.7cm had plenty of room for ammo behind the cockpit versus the JU87G, which had only what the pod would hold. They originally wanted...
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    Best WW2 plane for Ukraine today?

    Only with uncontested airspace. While the warthog is pretty durable (having seen one tanker drug back home missing half a wing during the gulf war), if you REALLY wanted to make a statement. a full 24 plane squadron of B-52's would do wonders for morale, even if they didn't HIT anything. Just...
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    Best WW2 plane for Ukraine today?

    Henschel HS 129 B-2 or B-3, and lots of disposable pilots. Better yet, a whole production line of stringbags that are remote controlled or curtis Jennys. Something cheap that would either make the russians die laughing or maybe soak up a large portion of their air defense missiles. (Even a...
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