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what aircraft did the japanese use for tankbusting? I only know they did kamikaze attacks against tanks where common footsoldiers would get under a tank and detonate the explosives they wore...

Of course, no game matches reality. But it gives you ideas and insights. They perfectly match the stuff I read. The Dora wasn't the savior of the late third reich and needed an expert pilot to score a few kills. Saw a documentary about spezialeinheiten - fliegerasse im zweiten weltkrieg...

The warbirds game is very accurate. It modeled the fighters as close to reality as possibly, using the genuine performance figures. So what u get is quite realistic. Technology has come a long way. It does confirm about everything else of value I read. It would to some extent confirm why the...

Keep in mind that warbirds is the most realistic game around. All fighters are modeled according to their actual performances. Top speeds, accelerations, rolling speed, armament, durability, tyrn radius, ..... all are implemented according to official performance tabels. Best planes there are...

Back to the fw-190 now. I read this on www.luftwaffe.cz By 25 September, III./JG 54 had re-equipped with the Fw 190 D-9, becoming the first operational Gruppe of the Luftwaffe to receive the new type. On 28 September “Bazzi” shot down a Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft of the RAF`s 541...

I still have a remark about the G10 and the K4. Their airframes were designed in the mid thirties for engines with something like 650 HP. Again, I always read the airframe wasn't capable to handle the awesome pefomances of the last 109 models without problems.

Was there much difference between the G10 and the K versions? I always read that K models were actually too powerful for the old airframe. Yes exactly. Yes. Btw, in the wardbird computer game the dora is described as the ultimate escape artist as it outdives any other plane and has...

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dewoitine d520 pilots sometimes had about 5 hours flying experience in the D520 when they entered combat ... Of course the spit V was superior to the D520 .... That's a generation gap!

imagine the front rocket's flames hitting you in the crotch ... no wonder they leaped so high...

I am. The Dewoitine wasn't superior to the spitfire, but it could held it's own against the bf109 emil, as that would have been a range/manoeuvrability Vs. engine's HP battle. Imagine the D520 with a better engine. It was to have at least 150 HP extra, but the engines were unavailable so...

Yeah, me agree that the stang is a little bit overrated, but let's not drag it through the mire as it was an excellent aircraft all in all that saved many bomber crew's lifes. Btw, I didn't wanna be caught in an A becoz you would be playing the stang's game, namely contending at high altitudes...

It must be said however, that Northrop engineers did pay an enriching visit to the museum were the Horten was stored. There certainly WAS a lot of influence. The German Horten was far ahead of its time and a brilliant piece of engineering. It is said it was to be used to carry an atomic bomb to...

great pics adler !!

Still, I'm quite convinced them germans would have beaten them japanese. In 46 the japânese would have had the kikka and rocket planes, and the germans would have rocket planes too the faster me262, ta184, he162, ar 234, a jet driven dive bomber and the first long range stealth flying wing...