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Wwiking85 reacted to Greyman's post in the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells? with.To this point, in the conclusions of Army Operational Research Group - Report No. 259 - Technical Review of AA Defences Against Flying...
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Wwiking85 reacted to Shortround6's post in the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells? with.The thing is that the Proximity fuse needs to work over about a 20-70ft distance, not the 18,000ft or greater ranges that the Airborne...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.Only if the microtubes could generate similar levels of power output as regular sized ones. Otherwise the loss in capability removes...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.I did and my question still stands. Microtubes don't really have knock on effects for overall radar miniaturization because microtubes...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.They are, the key is mini-tubes that can handle the G-forces. It is about specific components, what else does that benefit with WW2 tech?
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Wwiking85 reacted to Geoffrey Sinclair's post in the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells? with.During the Overlord planning one supply officer wrote a parody called "Operation Overboard" with "The general principle is that the...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.It isn't mini-radar, it's mini-tubes. Radar itself is actually pretty simple, it was invented in 1905: Christian Hülsmeyer - Wikipedia
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Wwiking85 reacted to Shortround6's post in the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells? with.Maybe yes and maybe no. the proximity fuse was a really simple idea. Small, low power transmitter sends out a signal in all...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.Does it? I thought it had more to do with the ability to make porcelain microtubes that could fit in an AAA shell and be hard enough to...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.All things considered that stand was the right way to go. James Holland's Normandy campaign book agrees. Where Hitler messed up was...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread Nazi Germany, logistics, Allies advance (and the lack of it) etc.Ok? They clearly did not consider them front line aircraft so if there had been a shooting war, they'd have gotten murked like the...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.And? That really doesn't have anything to do with my point.
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.There is not a study that I'm aware of that has specific numbers, just some references in the book I linked and ER Hooton's Phoenix...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.How so? Also remember in 1939 the Brits had captured German naval radar from the Graf Spee. Sure, but keep in mind the Germans were...
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Wwiking85 replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.You do realize that the Ju87 was used exactly for that, right? And infrastructure includes much more than just bridges. Things like...
