german

a question was asked on another forum that got me to thinking. how many german aces faced allied aces in aerial combat that is able to be confirmed by records. i know Gunther Rall supposedly faced Hub Zemke....and there is a debate as to whether either was in the actual area but Rall and...

Hello, I've been looking for any good books that cover the German "goodies" in detail and I was wondering if there were any favorites. By "goodies", I mean systems that are minor and not well known such as German gyroscopic sights (such as the EZ 42), proximity fuses (for rockets and shells)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kammhuber Assuming you have control over the German night defenses like Kammhuber starting in 1941, how do you structure German night defenses to defeat RAF Bomber Command?

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I wonder if anyone out there can help me? I'm wondering if anyone has good links or can recommend good books where I can find out about the German nightfighter system? I'm interested in the whole thing, ground control, how the aircraft operated, capabilities of the radars and aircraft, what...

Because of the discussion here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/wwii-videos/retribution-germans-war-graphic-everone-43797.html, I thought a counter message was necessary. I think we from the generations after the war can learn from the creation of the German cemetry Yselstein and especially...

Hi, I was wondering how well would the gun synchronization work on aircraft models with a four bladed and up, or contra-rotating props? I know the Bf 109 K-14 had this, and the same armament that previous types had. Would it have cut the rate of fire down enough to consider replacing them with...

At May, 20th, 75 years ago, German Nazis brought to the newly built Auschwitz concentration camp a group of 728 Polish political prisoners from the prison in Tarnów. This date is considered to be the day when the camp began to operate. It is estimated that around 75,000 Polish political...

Hello, could somebody please give me a quick run-down of German remote-controlled turrets and how they worked? I heard that they were different from the B-29 (as it had a fire-control computer of sorts) but closer to the A-26 Invader which used periscopic sites (like in German aircraft).

Hello, I was wanting the forums opinion on the most promising Amerika Bomber design. Which aircraft do you think would've been the "best" if properly developed? Here are some pictures of the contenders: Me 264 Ju 390 He 277 Fw 238 Ta 400 Fw 300 Here's a small table...

Hi, I have a couple questions pertaining to the Me 110. Could the Me 110 dive-bomb as well as the Ju 87? If not, what would it take? How would it look like? What would it take for the Me 110 to completely replace the Ju 87 as well as be a good CAS aircraft (something like a Hs 129 Ju 87 hybrid)?

Hello, I am quite confused as to why the He 177 failed. I originally thought that it was due to the "welded together engines", but reading through a couple threads, I actually heard that the coupled engines actually worked fine and quite reliably, but the issue was that Heinkel failed to produce...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fSzm76JN8A Listen to how he says the years, what's that all about??

WW2 German fighter crashes at air show: WW2 German fighter crashes at air show - National - NZ Herald News

Not including jets and rockets like the Messerschmitt 262 and 163, what German and Japanese (and any other Axis) interceptors did American bomber crews hate to see the most?

worng information. Sorry.

A necessary undertaking to fasten the end of the war in Europe or an overkill to the crumbling German transportation system. Gentlemen, your thoughts and opinions.

First half is interesting with talk on German aviation in '44, '45. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJqjx9VVKM

Why were the control surfaces on the Messerschmitt planes so small (as it is with most other german planes also) compared to their allied counterparts?

Pretty much what it says on the tin, was the Sturmovik really all that good or was it just a question of quantity having a quality all its own? I've read mixed things about it being poorly made and highly vulnerable and it was only the fact that Germany was forced to shift its air force to...