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[plan_D]

The B-24 would have been more ideal than the B-17.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I agree. In general the B-24 was more versatile than the B-17. Plus you had a much larger bomb bay to toy around with.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i would have thought they would want to use a B-17??

 

[plan_D]

Why would you want to use the B-17 for the task, the B-24 was better.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but why would the american use the B-24 when it would upset the public, we all know how much the americans hate to upset their public..........

 

[plan_D]

How would it upset their public? And I don't think the American government really gives a rats ass about it's public, it'll do what it wants.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i think the lanc was being sarky

 

[Lightning Guy]

Either way. The B-24 was far more versatile than the B-17. Had America wanted to trying something like the Dambusters raid it would have been B-24s doing it.

 

[plan_D]

I agree with Lightning Guy, where's this 'I never agree with you'?

 

[Lightning Guy]

I didn't say never. But apparently we never will get this naval fighter thing worked out. That's mostly what I was refering to.

 

[plan_D]

That's like the only one.

 

[Lightning Guy]

Well there's the Mosquito v. P-38 one too.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what weapon would the americans use, they wouldn't have been able to come up with anything like the upkeep....................

 

[cheddar cheese]

it was just an example lanc, and i think they would have used b-24's too

 

[plan_D]

And the Mosquito v P-38 but that's more of personal taste than performance of plane. I think we have all agreed that the B-24 would have been used.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I don't think you can honestly say the Americans would have never come up with anything that would have worked. We never considered a raid on the dams and if we had I am reasonably sure we could have made something work. If not, we could've just nuked em.

 

[plan_D]

I don't think so, it took long enough and basically one man to give us the idea. We could have just nuked 'em, that's what I expect from an American.

 

[Lightning Guy]

That was a (mostly) sarcastic comment and was intended to remind Lanc that America had some skill at weapons development.

Part of the reason only one man came up with the idea was that only one man was looking for it. If America had had an interested in attacking the dams, an appropriate weapon would have been developed.

 

[plan_D]

Yes, well they didn't and we did...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

I don't think you can honestly say the Americans would have never come up with anything that would have worked.

i don't recall saying they wouldn't i just asked what they would use as they wouldn't have come up with anything like the upkeep................