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I may be coming from know where but I'd say that it is the Fw-190D, and not the F4U-4 Corsair that was the best fighter of WWII. Lets be realistic, I could talk about an aircraft such as the Ta-152, but i won't for it had little to no combat whatsoever. Although the Fw-190D entered a stage of...

I think the remote control gun barbettes on the Me 410 were an attempt to fix the problems (I remember reading about it somewhere; I think it was a report on a British-captured Me 410). Thats probably why it was only the Me 410 that used it. The Germans could have easily put that on a Ju 88 or a...

Does anyone know any information on the armor of the Ju 88 (A-4)? I've have noticed through pilot's stories and the combat sim Il2 Sturmovik 1946 (latter isn't very useful) that the Ju 88 is fairly unprotected in certain areas such as the fuel tanks. Did the Ju 88 have self-ceiling fuel tanks...

I know that the T-34/85 tank was the overall greatest tank of the war: cheap, reliable, good range, great all-terrain vehicle, very well armor, and still had the necessary firepower to tackle on Panthers and Tigers, but if I had to say which tank was the best with combat record, id say it was...

I have to go with Do 335 as well. I think the Me 262 was a fanstastic aircraft, but if it were the Do 335 to enter service instead of the Me 262, the Luftwaffe as an efficient fighter force may have still been partially effective by late 44 and 45. The Do 335 is much easier to manufacture, its...

The thing is though is that Germany wouldn't have been able to achieve the same amount of air power that the Americans and the British (with American help) had. Germany lacked the resources to construct these very large four-engine bombers which is why they focused on the procduction of twin...

6 .50 cals. Americans weren't really known for their 20mm cannons. 6.50cals in the nose would be devastating. The only way I would choose the 20mm cannon over the M2 .50cal is if the cannon was a Germany Mg 151/20 which has a very high rate of fire.

In the event that Germany would have been winning in 1943, it would have been the USSR and not the US or the UK that the Luftwaffe would be facing. The Russians were a type of people who would never give up. Had Germany successful defeat the USSR in 1941 or 1942, it would have been very...

This post has mostly focus itself with the comparison between the Bf 109f vs P-40E. But what about the comparison of later variants such as the Bf 109G-6 vs the P-40N seeing that in some ways the Bf 109G has become worse than the F and the P-40N being argued as the best overall P-40 variant. Not...

True, but that still doesn't prove that my point is wrong. All im saying is that the Messerschmitt didn't completely dominate over the P-40. In some cases i would have actually chosen the p-40E or F over the bf 109F

Dont get me wrong in saying that the bf 109 wasn't the superior aircraft but there were many big factors that to some extend made the bf 109 inferior. First off, its true that in almost every situation the bf 109 could outclimb, out run, and out turn the P-40. But the P-40 was actually...

I would agree in saying that the corsair overpowered the G-6 seing that it was much faster, at higher speeds was more maneuverable and always could out dive the bf 109; not to mention the corsair was a muchh more stable gun platform and we already know how effective the 6x .50cals were against...

In most cases, particularly in 1944, I would say that the Spitfire overpowered the Bf 109 seeing that in only improved its speed and climbing performance while the bf 109g got heavier and slower due to an increase in armament, armor and bulges. But early variants such as the G-2 and G-4 I would...

Both the mossie and ju 88 are my favorite aircraft of the war. So far in this post many people have picked the Mosquito over the Ju 88 as the better of the two. In the bomber role, yes the mosquito was better being much faster, but in other roles I would pick the Ju 88. Yes the mosquito was much...

I know i just coming out of nowhere, but I'd say the both the fw 190 and bf 109 were superior to the hellcat and corsair. Bf 109 was superior to the hellcat while the Fw 190 was superior to the corsair bf 109F4 vs F6F-5 109 was faster, climbed better, and turned better at high speeds (and high...