German answer to the WAllies introducing the P-47 + DTs and Mustang Mk.X in June of 1943?

[tomo pauk]

I wonder what would have happened if they had put the V-1650-1 into not the P-40F and P-40L but in the P-51A. It would not have been as good as the V-1650-3 in the P-51B but it would have been a darn sight better than anything else the Allies had available.

Even if not better than any other fighter the Allies had, it would've combined good turn of speed with the long range.

 

[Mustangtmg]

The P-47s in question carry the 108/110 drop tank under the belly, while the Mustang X has the original 180 gals of fuel internally + two British 54 US gal (45 imp gal; the type used sometimes on Hurricanes) tanks under the wings. The two Allied fighters can reach to about Hamburg or Frankfurt, and there are hundreds of these fighters in service; there is a supply of the drop tanks to support this. They give the LW defenders a proper mauling during already before the summer is over, and the things can only get worse for the LW, as well as the ones on the receiving end of the Allied bombing. Germans don't know when the long-range Spitfires will be also included - IOW, expect the worst case scenario there, too.

This is where the German answer starts, 1st tossing the ideas around, and then making the actual hardware (aircraft & the supporting bits & pieces; the Flak development can get another thread).

Note that this thread is not about what RAF aircraft gets the cameras, nor what gets sent to Russia.

Maybe I'm confused ... you're saying that the Mustang X (there were 5 of them, so which one of them) was set up to carry external fuel tanks?

 

[MIflyer]

First, the Germans had to find a source of nickel so that the combustion chambers could operate for more than 10-15 hours.

Or they could have used the LA-5 solution and strapped at pulsejet on for boosted performance.

 

[bf109xxl]

Or they could have used the LA-5 solution and strapped at pulsejet on for boosted performance.

An excellent idea - you don't even need to arm the planes, they will kill the enemy with the hellish noise of their engines, or at least scare them away.

 

[SaparotRob]

OR..cause them to laugh themselves silly, rendering them unable to fight.