Recent content by Clay_Allison

I had considered that as well, my only concern was that there weren't enough 262s to beat off the bombers alone.

Perhaps the Germans should have designated the 262s as primarily escort killers and sent the 109s and 190s after the bombers.

It also proves that the US didn't ignore 20mm production because of the rationalizations given about how the 50 worked just "fine". All of our evaluations of the Hispano said it was far more efficient than the M2. IMO, the Hispano was given to the wrong contractors, probably because all of the...

You should have watched the episode, they pointed out that if the bullet is fired at ANY angle, it will arc and retain much of its initial speed, making it as deadly as a long range sniper shot. Only when a bullet is fired perfectly vertical will it spend its momentum and drop like a rock. They...

takes a while to get into it. I started with friends and was able to get into it playing in a corp with some buddies of mine.

In a low altitude dogfight with a P-39, you kow for sure you can't afford to take a shot from the cannon. There's some psychological advantage there.

Maybe more than a few don't support it. I'm betting more than that do support it.

It's Friday.

I don't know how many .50 rounds a B-17 could take, but from the battle damage pictures I've seen, it would be a LOT.

Could a P-47 be armed with 4 Mk 108s?

a joke, hence the smilie.

I don't see a single thing that is accomplished militarily by accepting women into these roles. Making a military decision for a political reason is wrong 99% of the time.

That's great when you're dealing with individuals, or theories. In real life, submarines are a cramped, high-stress environment where tempers flare and screamed profanity and sometimes physical conflicts go on. Guys are in there working 18 hours with extreme discomfort and no breaks and they...

That would have been nice. Depending on a two-engine fighter seems weird, but if it had been more reliable because of an undelayed program it would have been awesome.

Well, the Navy has driven the sub fleet far enough into the ground, they might as well finish it off.