Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I agree with
WARSPITER I need some of those vitamin donuts.
WARSPITER I need some of those vitamin donuts.
Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained)
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MIflyer
Major
In the book "Druids' Circle" the author describes what occurred when the USAAF told then RAF that the 37MM of the P-39 could do as good a job at tank busting as did the 40MM Vickers guns of the Hurricane IID.
They took a captured German tank and set it up on a firing range. They positioned a P-39 to fire at the tank. And they found out the 37MM gun would jam every time, the shells getting caught on the way out . They called in an experienced armorer and he found that the ejection lever of the 37MM was too long. They sawed it off, and then it worked. And they proved very conclusively that the 37MM could not penetrate the armor of a German tank. The 40MM Vickers could do the job.
The 37MM of the P-39 was meant for air-to-air engagements, not knocking out armored vehicles. The velocity of the round was far too slow to penetrate armored vehicles. The 37MM gun used by the JU-87G was originally a Flak gun and was designed for a much higher muzzle velocity. The claim that he Soviets used the P-39 for tank busting is just as much nonses as the assertion that they deleted the turbo from the P-39 because they chose to focus on ground attack.
Aside from that, you have to wonder what was going on if they were shipping airplanes with a gun that would jam after only 1 round.
Just Schmidt
Senior Airman
You have the temerity to claim that something on the P-39 actually could be made to work?
Duck!
buffnut453
Captain
Very glad to hear that. I thought you were....but it's hard to tell sometimes (hence the way I worded my response).
I'm glad you responded otherwise I may never have known about those wonderful donuts.Very glad to hear that. I thought you were....but it's hard to tell sometimes (hence the way I worded my response).
"Hand me that hacksaw, Comrade!"
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
This is the thread that would not die.
MiTasol
Major
Very glad to hear that. I thought you were....but it's hard to tell sometimes (hence the way I worded my response).
Maybe the mods should add a sarcasm imogi
They're still fortified with vitamins, via the flour...I agree with
https://www.bioanalyt.com/flour-fortification-icheck-iron-fluoro/
So, EAT UP!!!!!
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
Even better if you dunk them in Ovaltine.
Ah I see. So the hemp pasta brigade are full of something and it ain't necessarily vitamins.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Flour comes from a plant, sugar comes from a plant, the milk and butter comes from an animal that eats plants.
So then, how can a donut possibly be bad for you?
So then, how can a donut possibly be bad for you?
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Flour comes from a plant, sugar comes from a plant, the milk and butter comes from an animal that eats plants.
So then, how can a donut possibly be bad for you?
Cyanide is an organic compound.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
So is bacon.Cyanide is an organic compound.
Both can kill you.
Choose wisely...
buffnut453
Captain
So is bacon.
Both can kill you.
Choose wisely...
I know which tastes better, though!
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
So is bacon.
Both can kill you.
Choose wisely...
Yabut bacon is timeless.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Personally, I'm not a big fan of almonds, so bacon it is!
True but it's not as well rounded as a donut.Cyanide is an organic compound.
You have tasted cyanide ?????
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Eat a few wild almonds - you'll know right away what cyanide tastes like.
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