Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I

[plan_D]

Get a picture of it.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

I'm surprised you've never seen it, after all, it IS British and was also the first plane from Vickers to have the geodetic fuselage like the Wimpy...

It don't show the wings too well, but it's one of the best pics I can find...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

'ere you go....................

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you bitch GrGs, you posted that as i was posting mine!!!

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

You bugger lanc, you got that drawing/profile since it didn't work when I got it!

 

[plan_D]

I was asking for a picture that shows the wings well. I don't have to see everything British...just the good looking things.

 

[ev0]

eeh. why does an aircraft need that big wings? Early crappy wwII aricraft?

 

[toffi]

It needed so big wings to achieve huge range as it was single-engine.

 

[Lightning Guy]

That was a pre-war bomber wasn't it?

 

[Lightning Guy]

Wingspan has a lot to do with range. Just look at the Voyager aircraft.

 

[toffi]

Remember that when Wellesley was designed (1931-32) ceiling was not the priority. Main goal was extending it's range and enlargement of bomb load. The best way was to make aircraft weigh less (geodetic construction) and put more fuel into tanks. Simple as construction of nail.

 

[lesofprimus]

To open this one up again, does anyone have a listing of the Russian Top Tank killers??? I have a list of the German side, but not the Allies....

Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel 519+

Ofw. Anton Hübsch 120+

Hptm. Gerhard Stüdemann 117

Ofw. Alois Wosnitza 104

Lt. Jacob Jenster 100+

Hptm. Hendrik Stahl 100+

Lt. Anton Korol 99

Oblt. Wilhelm Joswig 88

Oblt. Max Diepold 87

Lt. Wilhelm Noller 86

Ofw. Hans Ludwig 85

Ofw. Heinz Edhofer 84

Ofw. Siegfried Fischer 80

Maj. Theodor Nordmann 80

Lt. Kurt Plenzat 80

Hptm. Rudolf-Heinz Ruffer 80

Hptm. Kurt Lau 80

Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jäschke 78

Oblt. Helmut Hannemann 77

Hptm. Hubert Pölz 76

Oblt. Wilhelm Bromen 76

Oblt. Rainer Nossek 73+

Oblt. Gustav Schubert 70+

Fw. Otto Ritz 70

Hptm. Hans-Hermann Steinkamp 70

Oblt. Johann Klaus 65+

Ofw. Werner Fehdler 65

Hptm. Erwin-Peter Diekwisch 64

Hptm. Otto Schmidt 61

Hptm. Andreas Kuffner 60+

Maj. Martin Möbus 60+

Fw. Josef Blümel 60

Oblt. Willi Tritsch 60

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

519's an amazing tally, not only that, 11 air-to-air kills as well..............

 

[Lightning Guy]

Plus a battleship . . . .

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Yep, the Russian Marat...

 

[kiwimac]

Try painting that on the side of your aircraft!

Kiwimac

 

[lesofprimus]

Not many pilots can lay claim to that one.... A Battleship symbol on the side of ur aircraft.....

 

[Lightning Guy]

There would have been a few Japanese and a few American pilots that could claim it.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Most in a plane with at least 2 engines, though...

 

[lesofprimus]

See, the thing about Rudel and the Marat is that he ALONE sank that ship.... Not several Bomb hits, or Torps and Bombs....

I dont know of a single American pilot that can lay to that claim... And I dont think any single Jap pilot sank one of our Battleships... I wonder what the tonnage of the Marat was in comparison to one of the Iowa/Missouri class BB's....