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The report refers to the Mustang X which is to my knowledge the british prototype for the installation of the Merlin engine - so nearly comparable with a P51B in performance.

No, we were quite fair to wait until Napoleon left Russia before we started to fight him ;) Actually not before December 30th 1812. And to make it less mysterious - I am neither US nor British.

sorry, I was perhaps a little bit quick about the war of 1812 :oops: - btw we didn't fail then, we were also fighting the french at that time and that quite successful :lol:

Renrich, I have to admit that at least half the fault for leaving the time window under consideration here is on my side. I am no specialist in the war of American independence but weren't the Hessian troops highly rated? With respect to the British they got beaten twice (war of independence...

Well - it is our luck that we did not have to discuss the period between 1820 and 1900 as it is off topic (and we would perhaps never come to a common opinion). But for the time under consideration I would judge the Prussian infantry the best in the world up to about 1770 to 1780. Their position...

To tell the whole story Napoleon surprised the allies and attacked Blücher who was missing one corps (Zieten's as far as I rememeber) and pushed him away at Ligny. This happened because Wellignton did not manage to concentrate in time and himself were nearly whipped at Quatre Bras. You won't...

I wonder if you have ever heard something about Frederick the Great, the seven years war, the battles of Mollwitz, Hohenfriedberg, Leuthen etc. Prussian infantry was considered the best in the world between 1750 and 1800. Consequently the Continentals were drilled by Steuben in accordance with...

A name not mentioned until now is Moltke. Realizing the effects of the railway system on war and developing a command structure enabling armys to operate effectively without the close coordination wireless made possible again some 5 to 6 decades later. The war of 1870/71 is a prime example of...

My grandfather once told me that helicopters were tested in the Dachstein region were he was stationed in a training facility for mountain troops

What is the source of the information that the K4 turned better than the latest Spitfires. Was any K4 tested against Mk14 or MK21 at the end or after the war?

Does anybody know why the Germans did not use the enlarged streamlined cowling on all BF109G but only on the models with bigger supercharger (605D and 605AS engines). It seems not more complicated to produce and mount on an airplane than the bulged version of the DB605A models and offers a speed...

Interesting point with the backseaters. I think there is also a number of Israeli navigators who earned back seat ace status and these should of course also be included (Mainly from F4E crews)

I find these discussions about the lacking qualities of the 109G a little bit of a problem as the different g-subtypes differ so strongly. G2 was more similar to the F-models in my opinion than to the G6. And also a late G6(+MW50)/G14 or one of the types with AS or D engines with better high...

AFAIK the He162 never shot down an enemy fighter or other type of plane. The only claim, a Tempest, was credited to anti-aircraft-guns by the LW

Actually the Germans had planned to use the BF109T on the Graf Zeppelin and I could imagine that the landing gear of the BF109 made it much easier to incoporate folding wings. Denavalized BF109Ts were in service for a while and didn't perform that bad. First B17 shot down by the LW was claimed...