Recent content by Friskykillface

The BEST fighter/bomber of WWII? The Tempest was pretty nasty, but it would be too close to call. The P-47 was successful in that role as well. Along with some of the FW190's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Tempest and the P-47 carry more "ground ordinance" than the FW190? One of the...

Fair enough. I've been going through this topic page by page, its very interesting. You are right though, seems one of the main problems with the P-40's was the lack of a powerhouse 2 stage engine. Again, like I said in my original post, I'm quite content with the fact that the BF 109 was a...

You're also playing to the BF-109's strong points. How would that same BF-109 fare at lower altitude where the P-40's engine was more efficient?

"Once the next major version is available, the P-40D, the Bf-109 is at the version F-4. It has a much better engine, and 20mm cannon more or less nullifies the improved protection of the P-40D. The main problem is that the engine, while a bit more powerful than the old V-1710-33, does not offer...

I'm not to keen on all the models used and what time period they were used, but the P40 was used at pearl harbor correct? so it was a very early model plane. Given its early development I dont think its fair to pit it against planes improved and "redesigned" using the knowledge gained through...